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Ain Alalam – Rashad Iskandrni<\/p>\n
March 25, 2025: Nokia and Zain KSA today announced the successful completion of Saudi Arabia\u2019s first live Cloud RAN site, a milestone that positions the Kingdom at the forefront of 5G innovation. This trial, which began on December 24, 2024 and concluded on January 26, 2025, leverages Nokia\u2019s 5G anyRAN (Cloud RAN) solution. The site achieved peak download speeds of 1.5 Gbps when connected to Zain KSA\u2019s 5G core network.<\/p>\n
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The live Cloud RAN site demonstrates how cloud-native architectures can boost efficiency, reduce total cost of ownership, and accelerate time to market \u2014 key factors for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprise customers looking to evolve their networks.<\/p>\n
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Saudi Arabia continues to invest in cutting-edge technologies under its national digital transformation goals. This successful Cloud RAN trial provides a flexible platform that can readily integrate solutions from multiple providers, fostering a multi-vendor ecosystem to meet fast-evolving customer demands. It also supports emerging use cases for enterprise and private-wireless applications, accelerating digital transformation across various industry verticals.<\/p>\n
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Eng. Mohammed AlNujaidi, Chief Technology Officer at Zain KSA<\/strong>, said: \u201cAt Zain KSA, we strive to deliver transformative digital experiences that empower our customers to thrive in a fast-evolving market. Partnering with Nokia on the Kingdom\u2019s first live Cloud RAN site allows us to explore new service models, reduce ongoing network costs, and respond more quickly to our enterprise and individual consumer demands. The increased network agility will support a wide array of new use cases, underscoring our role in driving Saudi Arabia\u2019s digital transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n \n Mohammad AlTayeh, Customer Team Head for Zain Group and Zain KSA at Nokia mobile networks, said:<\/strong> \u201cThis successful deployment of the Kingdom\u2019s first live Cloud RAN site is a testament to Nokia\u2019s dedication to delivering next-generation networking solutions. By introducing a fully cloud-native approach, we not only match the performance of purpose-built RAN but also create a future-ready platform that supports AI-RAN, Open RAN, and even potential 6G innovations. Our collaboration with Zain KSA showcases how cloudification can optimize resources, reduce total cost of ownership, and pave the way for new growth opportunities across multiple sectors in the Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n \n By delivering full feature parity with purpose-built solutions, Nokia\u2019s Cloud RAN approach ensures no compromise on performance. The success of this trial also lays a strong foundation for future innovations, including AI-RAN, Open RAN, and potential 6G networks.<\/p>\n \n Resources <\/strong><\/p>\n Webpage:\u00a0Nokia Cloud RAN<\/a><\/p>\n \n About Nokia<\/strong><\/p>\n At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.<\/p>\n \n As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, which is celebrating 100 years of innovation.<\/p>\n \n With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today \u2013 and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.<\/p>\n \n \n Media Inquiries<\/strong><\/p>\n Nokia Communications, Corporate<\/p>\n Email: Press.Services@nokia.com<\/a><\/p>\n \n Follow us on social media<\/strong><\/p>\n LinkedIn<\/a> X<\/a> Instagram<\/a> Facebook<\/a> YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n \n[\/mhc_text][\/mhc_column][\/mhc_row][\/mhc_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [mhc_section admin_label=”\u0642\u0633\u0645” fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off”][mhc_fullwidth_menu admin_label=”\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0645\u0629 \u0628\u0639\u0631\u0636 \u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644” menu_id=”56″ background_color=”#ffffff” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”center” submenu_direction=”downwards” fullwidth_menu=”off”] [\/mhc_fullwidth_menu][\/mhc_section][mhc_section admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” gradient_background=”off” background_color=”#ffffff” gradient_style=”horizontal” inner_shadow=”on” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” video_hide=”off” video_pause=”off” allow_advanced_padding=”on” remove_padding=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” column_paddings=”padding-0pct” column_match_heights=”off” background_leak=”off” background_leak_color=”#ffffff” background_leak_size=”25″ separator_top=”off” separator_bottom=”off” background_image_size=”cover” background_image_repeat=”no-repeat” background_image_position_x=”center” background_image_position_y=”center” animation=”off” animation_color=”#ffffff” mobile_2_pr_row=”off” mobile_reverse=”off”][mhc_row admin_label=”row”][mhc_column type=”1_3″][mhc_image admin_label=”\u0635\u0648\u0631\u0629” src=”https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ainlogo.png” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” animation=”off” hoverfx=”scaleup” sticky=”off” image_mask=”off” border_radius=”0″ align=”center” force_center_on_mobile=”on” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ainalalam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}