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services between the Middle East and Europe while ensuring that higher speed, reliable connectivity between cloud data centers, co-
we can increase speed and capacity in the future. These routes are location facilities and interconnection hubs in the Middle East and
critical to our international carrier-grade fiber-optic Smart Network Europe. We are delighted that GBI has selected Nokia to upgrade
that connects service provider, cloud provider and enterprise important routes of its Smart Network. GBI’s customers will benefit
customers to important financial and communications hubs from the scale, reliability and efficiency of our optical solution
across the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia.” Manuel Ortiz while GBI will be able to increase network capacity while reducing
Fernandez, Senior Vice President of EMEA Webscale Business, network operations costs.”
said: “There is a growing need for wholesale services that provide

VoX Solutions Partner Jawwal on International
A2P SMS

Palestine Cellular Communications (Jawwal) has entered into an controlling the entry and delivery of A2P SMS traffic. This provides
agreement with Vox Solutions for direct termination of A2P SMS network protection from fraud, leveraging both the Vox team exper-
international traffic to Jawwal's network. The partnership between tise and its VOX-360 platform capabilities. VOX-360 is a platform in
Vox Solutions and Jawwal will see the secure delivery of A2P mes- that can mitigate Flash Calls as part of its suite of A2P Voice and
sages for Jawwal's clients as well as international businesses, by SMS anti-fraud solutions. "Banking, travel, transportation, health-
care, and other verticals are increasingly using A2P messages to
send notice, authentication, and confirmations to their customers.
For both companies and customers, high quality and timely mes-
saging delivery is a must," said Malak Ziadni, marketing director
at Jawwal. "This exclusive partnership with Vox Solutions, to ter-
minate the International A2P traffic in our network, guarantees a
reliable, high quality and secure delivery of A2P services for any
regional or global brand." In addition, the VOX-360 platform has
features related to antifraud, flash call authentication, A2P SMS
monetization and mobile identity, enabling mobile operators to
detect and block spam, as well as fraudulent traffic before they
impact end users. "We are very excited to be the trusted exclusive
A2P SMS partner for another leading communication service pro-
vider. This is an important milestone in becoming the A2P voice &
messaging partner of choice in the Middle East. It also represents
a great recognition of Vox Solutions' capability to offer the high-
est quality and security of international A2P messaging delivery at
large-scale," said Ehsan Ahmadi, CEO of Vax Solutions. "Ultimately,
we are here to help mobile operators, such as Jawwal, to optimize
the monetization of their assets and ensure long term revenue
growth and innovation, and also to help global brands reach their
customers with the best response time, wherever they are."

Claro Brasil Taps SES for Amazon Satellite

Connectivity

Claro Brasil, operating via its corporate solutions division Embratel, serves via SES’s multi-orbit satellite network across the Amazon
has signed a multi-year capacity renewal with international satellite region. Under the renewal agreement, Embratel could potentially
operator SES. The contract will enable the delivery of 4G/5G-ready leverage transmission speeds of 4Gbps. SES will continue to serve
mobile services via SES’s medium earth orbit (MEO) O3b mPOWER other communities in the region using SES’s geostationary (GEO)
network. The contract will see connectivity extended to around satellite-delivered backhaul capacity.
260,000 inhabitants of eight of the most isolated cities the telco

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