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Zain Jordan Signs Cloud IMS Agreement with Ericsson

Ericsson and Zain Jordan have signed a Bajda, Vice President and Head, Gulf strategy of the country, Jordan Vision
strategic agreement for the modernization Council Countries, said: “Steps towards 2025, we believe partnership and our joint
and expansion of voice services using superior voice and communications commitment to advanced technologies
the existing Ericsson Cloud IMS (IP quality are vital in a considerable time of allows us to support Zain Jordan with its
Multimedia Subsystem), solidifying an transformation. In line with the vision and strategic objectives.”
already strong partnership between
the two organizations. The strategic
modernization of Zain Jordan’s network
will support migration of current 2G and
3G voice services to 4G/LTE networks. The
agreement supports capacity expansion
using the Ericsson Cloud IMS solution to
enable voice over LTE (VoLTE) and Wi-Fi
calling for businesses and consumers
across the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
According to Zain Jordan, the agreement
will have a positive impact on its network
and the experience of its customers.
The Cloud IMS solution will enhance the
performance of the network by making
calls over VoLTE networks and wireless
communications over the Wi-Fi network
and offering Zain Jordan’s customers
superior quality voice calls. Wojciech

Qatar Achieves Breakthrough in mmWave 5G Trial

Vodafone Qatar has announced its latest and advanced 5G features and delivered technology for the benefits of its consumer
milestone in the development of its GigaNet over the mmWave Spectrum. Vodafone and business customers alike. Vodafone’s
5G network, with the completion of Qatar’s Qatar Chief Executive Officer, Sheikh Hamad trial took place at a specific site and delivered
first successful trial on the millimeter wave Bin Abdulla Al-Thani, said: “The potential of impressive throughput results compared
(mmWave) spectrum. According to a press mmWave technology industries and use to current standards. For consumers,
release from the Doha-headquartered cases is huge, and it will pave the way for the this means higher-quality video and
operator, the trial achieved system future of 5G and connectivity. The results multimedia content can be delivered faster
capabilities of 8.1 Gbps on downlink (DL) of this trial will enable Vodafone Qatar via increased capacity and bandwidth, the
and 734 Mbps on uplink (UL), by using new to continue working to roll out mmWave release said. For businesses, 5G mmWave
promises to transform performance and
user experience beyond what is currently
possible with existing network capabilities,
including across mobile broadband, fixed
wireless and industrial applications such as
the Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented
Reality (AR). mmWave solutions operate
in high frequency range and provide ultra-
capacity over short distances. They allow
users to leverage the true promise of faster
access speeds and lower latency of 5G
and will be a key enabler for several critical
applications across multiple industries,
from autonomous vehicles to surveillance
in ports and airports, video streaming and
broadcast in smart cities, and automated
manufacturing in smart factories.

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