Zain Group and Cisco announced today that they have successfully achieved a key turning point in expanding the telecom driver's IP/MPLS network with reducing edge technologies, establishing the groundwork for new possibilities and business models to be developed.

As a telecommunications operator serving over 45 million customers throughout 8 nations in the center East and North Africa, Zain Group's network facilities deals with a boost of expectations and work driven by the development of devices and connections. The annualCisco Visual Networking Index (Cisco VNI) forecast predicts a 12-fold boost in Middle East and Africa mobile data web traffic from 2016 to 2021, a compound yearly growth price of 65 percent.

This unprecedented growth needs service providers to change their networks. Zain Group is leveraging Cisco progressed segment transmitting systems and WAN automation to bring the benefits of dispersed intelligence and streamlined control to its network. Cisco's industry leading innovation around cloud-scale and automation will deliver next-generation network capacities to Zain Group to allow simplification, scalability and open innovation that drive business results.

" The needs of the digital era means that we have to prioritize improving speed and performance, defining a development method based upon new services, and ensuring protection," stated Henri Kassab, Managing Director, International, Wholesale and Roaming, Zain Group. "These are the building blocksof our innovation that assistance our transformation in coming to be an incorporated digital way of life operator. With the support of Cisco's leading technology, our future-ready network style settings us well to drive tangible business results and fulfill the evolving demands of our customers."

The deployment is a bold move network automation and stands for a considerable step to an extra resilient network that supplies high data transfer, improved application intelligence for 5G, and a substantially enhanced end customer experience that defines the network of the future. Cisco's technology will certainly also aid Zain Group optimize network procedures and offer a richer collection of set apart services.

" The capabilities of Cisco's sector routing, automation and our finest of type directing engines allow Zain Group to execute a programmable network that allows them to swiftly adjust to future consumer needs," said Ali Amer, Managing Director, Global Provider Sales, Cisco Middle East and Africa. "By fasting lane their network automation, Zain Group are future-proofing their network with an agile, scalable and secure style that sustains their growth approach and boosts their competitiveness."Other benefits Zain Group will certainly obtain by modernizing their global IP/MPLS style include streamlined procedures, programmability, scalability and increased network availability.

The Cisco Visual Networking Index (Cisco VNI) forecasts that by 2021, the Middle East and Africa will certainly have 2.4 billion networked tools (up from 1.7 billion in 2016) and 1.4 networked gadgets per head, while 75 percent of all networked tools will be mobile-connected in 2021.

Cisco is leading the disruption in the industry with our innovation advancements in systems, silicon, optics, services and security, and our unrivalled expertise inmass-scale networking, automation, optical, cable access, video, and mobility. This enables service providers, media and web companies to reduce cost and complexity, help secure their networks, and grow revenue.