In light of its new operations in the region, Nokia Siemens Networks tied up with MTC, the leading mobile telecommunications provider in the Middle East and Africa region, to showcase its latest product portfolio in Amman, Jordan last month. Under the theme “Let’s build a passionate future” key members of the top management of both companies talked about their collaboration.
Nokia Siemens Networks started its operations on the 1st of April, 2007, assuming a leading position in the communications infrastructure market and ready to help its hundreds of customers across the globe meet the challenges of connecting the five billion people that the company believes will be enjoying the benefits of being connected by 2015.
Following its successful launch around the region, Nokia Siemens Networks felt it was necessary to support its key partner, MTC Group, with its best in class product portfolio. As a company driven by innovation and dedicated to making telecom technology available to all, Nokia Siemens Networks is working side-by-side with operators in the region to drive the telecommunications industry forward, introducing new services and making mobile and fixed telephony a reality in previously un-serviced areas.
“With an already established presence in the Jordanian and Middle Eastern market in general, we look forward to help operators meet the challenges of connecting the increasing number of telecom users in the region. We enjoy a strong relationship with MTC Group, and we are ready to provide them with our industry leading product portfolio,” said Ahmad Othman, Head of MTC Customer Business Team, Nokia Siemens Networks.
The MTC Group is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and now a major player on the African continent, providing mobile and data services to 30 million active customers in 20 countries including Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and in 14 sub-Saharan countries in Africa.
“We are extremely pleased with Nokia Siemens Networks’ dedicated customer service team, broad product portfolio and strong history in providing best in class technology. We truly look forward to Nokia Siemens Networks being a preferred partner supporting our global expansion plans,” commented Khaled Al Hajeri, MTC Group CTO.
Driven by a desire to connect the world and backed by the expertise of two global industry leaders, Nokia Siemens Networks will have an unparalleled capability to deliver ‘end-to-end’ convergent solutions based on a broad planned portfolio of fixed and mobile telecommunications infrastructure products, services and devices.
About the MTC Group
The MTC Group is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications in the Middle East and on the African continent. The company was incorporated in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator and since the initiation of its “3x3x3” profitable expansion strategy in 2003, it has grown very rapidly.
MTC is a leading mobile operator in 6 Middle Eastern and 14 sub-Saharan African countries with over 13,000 employees, providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 29.7 million active individual and business customers (as of March 31, 2007).
The company already operates in Kuwait and Bahrain as mtc-vodafone, in Jordan as Fastlink, in Iraq as mtc atheer, in Lebanon as mtc touch, in Sudan as Mobitel and in 14 sub-Saharan countries in Africa as Celtel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. MTC was successful in making the highest bid for the 3rd mobile license in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and expects to start operations in early 2008.
Listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, MTC’s market capitalization on May 5, 2007 exceeded US$25 billion. For the year ending December 31, 2006, MTC recorded revenues of $4.167 billion and a net profit of $1.051 billion. For more information please visit www.mtctelecom.com
About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. The combined pro-forma net sales of €17.1 billion Euro in fiscal year 2006 make Nokia Siemens Networks one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies. Nokia Siemens Networks has operations in some 150 countries and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It combines Nokia’s Networks Business Group and the carrier related businesses of Siemens Communications.
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