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China Mobile International Joins SAMENA Council to Extend

Cooperation on Industry Development Matters

"China Mobile International is very pleased to join SAMENA
Council, which is an excellent community allowing us to
communicate and exchange information with the partners in the
SA-ME-NA region. Our global network resources and continuous
investments in the region, and our high quality and competitive
services would facilitate our partners to tackle the challenges in
the ever-changing world, to help contribute to the digital economy
of the region", stated Alex Y.S. LEE, Managing Director, China
Mobile International Middle East.
CMI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Mobile, mainly
responsible for the operation of China Mobile's international
business. In order to provide better services to meet the growing
demand in the international telecommunications market, China
Mobile established a subsidiary, CMI, in December 2010. CMI
currently has 70 terrestrial and submarine cable resources
SAMENA Telecommunications Council has announced that China worldwide, with a total international transmission bandwidth
Mobile International Limited (CMI), the international arm of China of over 70T, and a total of 170+ POPs. With Hong Kong, China
Mobile, which is the world’s largest operator in terms of mobile as its launchpad, CMI has significantly accelerated global
network size and customer base, has joined its membership IDC development, creating a strong network for data centre
to take active part in addressing issues surrounding digital cloudification.
communications, as business sustainability challenges and
advanced technologies take center stage in Telecom Operators' Leveraging the strong support by China Mobile, CMI is a trusted
strategy and evolving role within the world's digital economy. partner that provides comprehensive international telecom
services and solutions to international carriers, enterprises,
Expressing his warm welcome to CMI on having joined SAMENA and mobile users. Headquartered in Hong Kong, China, CMI has
Council's community of Telecom Operators from and operating in expanded its footprint in 36 countries and regions.
the SA-ME-NA (South Asia - Middle East - North Africa) region,
Bocar BA, CEO & Board Member stated, "CMI's experience in SAMENA Council believes policies and co-operative approaches
integrated digital communications is world-class and its ability can help develop new methods and models of engagement,
to address digital communications needs of the world's largest help frame future-friendly regulations and policies, and cross-
subscriber base is astounding. SAMENA Council and CMI stakeholder involvement should be fostered to incentivize and
recognize the importance of the SA-ME-NA region as a high- influence more investment in digital development. The digital
potential market for business growth and for fulfilling the digital ecosystem's sustainability challenges and the need for making
development goals. I warmly welcome the CMI team on joining better use of digital technologies, therefore, demand that Telecom
SAMENA Council, and we look forward to a close association that Operators, across the regions, collectively communicate on
can benefit CMI in a strategic manner, while strengthening SAMENA common issues and needs, while benefitting from SAMENA
Council's advocacy work on behalf of Telecom Operators." Council's advocacy support in building communication bridges
with regional governments.

8 MAY 2020