Kuwait’s telecommunications company Zain Group has selected Huawei to accelerate the migration from 4G to 5G.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishing the partnership was signed at the recently held Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Zain said Huawei will support Zain Group to optimize its network architecture to extend 5G capabilities to support IoT, Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications, uplink centric broadband, real-time broadband communication, harmonized communication, and sensing.
The two entities will also work together to define autonomous driving network-level criteria and explore new use cases.
In a statement, Zain said that Zain Kuwait’s 5G data traffic already accounts for 46 percent of its total wireless traffic, and it is likely to become the first mobile operator in the MEA region that has more active 5G traffic than 4G.
Zain Saudi Arabia launched the largest 5G network in the region now covering 51 cities.