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“This is a landmark achievement for us
and affirms stc Bahrain’s commitment
to spearheading digital transformation
and solidifies the region’s position as
a regional ICT hub. Investments in this
advanced network infrastructure will drive
economic growth for businesses, serve
industries that rely on the internet and
enhance the living standards in the region.
2Africa Pearls will vastly increase the data
backbone of Bahrain by 100x providing
2Africa Pearls with Bahrain marks another and contributing to the realization of high-speed connectivity services that will
significant accomplishment for center3. the Kingdom's 2030 Vision. The 2Africa accommodate the futuristic heavy data-
The project progress is critical to center3 subsea cable is a vital step towards demand.” The subsea cable is built through
in linking Asia, Africa, and Europe. center3 achieving this objective and solidifying a unique pioneering design that tackles a
is dedicated to investing in communication center3's position as a leading player in number of geological complications faced
infrastructure with the aim of offering the region's connectivity landscape.” Eng in the region and guarantees unmatched
exceptional connectivity to its customers Nezar Banabeela, CEO of stc Bahrain: service stability for customers.

Syniverse Introduces Evolved Mobility for Outbound
Roaming to Reduce OpEx for Mobile Operators
Retiring 3G Networks

Syniverse, “the world’s most connected
company,”® today announced the
availability of a new key feature of
Evolved Mobility , the company’s Voice
over LTE (VoLTE) roaming solution. The
new Outbound Roaming feature, a first-
of-its-kind solution, connects outbound
roamers traveling from operators that
have retired their 3G networks. This adds
to the existing Inbound Roaming feature
already available through Evolved Mobility
to help mobile operators sunset legacy
networks without sacrificing subscriber
experience. With the continued growth
of 5G, mobile operators are looking
to reallocate spectrum resources and
realize OpEx benefits associated with the operators such as AT&T and Verizon. With to non-VoLTE markets. With this feature,
retirement of their 3G networks. Retiring this latest Outbound Roaming feature, we 4G and 5G mobile devices can roam onto
these networks has become a challenge for will now also help operators free up millions visited operators that do not have VoLTE
operators looking to maintain best-in-class of dollars associated with maintaining this roaming in place. This unique feature
roaming experiences for their subscribers legacy infrastructure without degrading enables the subscriber to connect when
when they travel and must rely on operator the customer experience for their own they otherwise could not and delivers a
networks that have not deployed VoLTE users roaming abroad.” Syniverse’s multitude of benefits for the operators
roaming. “Operators need a clearly defined Evolved Mobility for Outbound Roaming is and their subscribers, including significant
strategy to retire these networks, especially a cloud-based feature that recognizes the OpEx savings on retirement of legacy
as travel has increased among consumers,” importance of ensuring reliable outbound network elements and a superior customer
said Andrew Davies, Chief Executive Officer roaming connectivity for operators retiring experience that drives subscriber loyalty
of Syniverse. “Syniverse has been at the their own 3G networks. Evolved Mobility and revenue retention for mobile operators.
forefront of guiding operators through for Outbound Roaming helps mobile Evolved Mobility for Inbound and Evolved
network transformations for more than 30 operators transition from their legacy Mobility for Outbound are available for
years, and our Evolved Mobility solution network equipment without sacrificing mobile operators today.
has been successfully adopted by leading a subscriber’s ability to outbound roam
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