Zain Group Taps Cisco Advanced Segment Routing Platforms and WAN Automation

Zain Group and Cisco recently announced that they successfully achieved a key milestone in the expansion of their IP / MPLS network with state-of-the-art technologies.

Zain Group is leveraging Cisco's advanced segment routing platforms and WAN automation to bring the benefits of distributed intelligence and centralized control to your network. Zain Group aims to protect its network in the future with an agile, scalable and secure architecture that supports its growth strategy and improves its competitiveness.

 Implementation is a bold move towards network automation and represents a significant step towards a more flexible network that offers high bandwidth, improved application intelligence for 5G and a significantly improved end-user experience that defines the network of the future, said Cisco. Cisco technology will also help the Zain Group optimize network operations and offer a richer set of differentiated services.

Other advantages that Zain Group will obtain by modernizing its global IP / MPLS architecture include simplified operations, programmability, scalability and increased network availability.

Henri Kassab, General Director, International, Wholesaler and Roaming, Zain Group

The demands of the digital age mean that we must prioritize the improvement of speed and efficiency, define a growth strategy based on new services and guarantee security. These are the pillars of our innovation that support our transformation to become an integrated digital lifestyle operator.

Ali Amer, MD, Sales of global service providers, Cisco Middle East and Africa

Cisco's segment routing capabilities, automation and our best routing engines allow Zain Group to implement a programmable network that allows them to quickly adapt to the future needs of customers.