[Barcelona, Spain, February 25, 2019] Mobily, Etihad Etisalat Co. is excited to announce the commercial online of intelligence transport Core Network, a fully modernized IP core network and leading SDN with future evolution, under the bilateral strategic collaboration with Huawei, a global leader in information and communications technology domain.

Modernizing the network has to cope with quality of performance and efficiency. However, Mobily is facing a challenge in network capacity limitation, and complexity of the network structure with high OPEX. The completion of IP core network will support massive network capacity with an Evolution of dual-plane design that enhances the reliability of the network.

Furthermore, the Simplified structure of IP network layers will contribute in having efficient network with OPEX saving and Service Automation with agile network that quickly scale to match the performance demands of new services with extra capacity and better quality.

Both parties have celebrated together in completing such remarkable milestone by full collaboration and exceptional dedication to achieve this goal, with a consideration of using smart tools that helped in assuring the network quality and stability during the deployment phase.

Mobily is actively working on overall network Modernization to serve the tremendous growth of mobile and fixed services (end-to-end), efficiently merging multiple layers resulting in enhancing the go-to-market time. Huawei as a reliable vendor, and a strategic partner of Mobily plays a key role in line with Mobily’s strategy to support vision 2020 of the Kingdom and also makes great contribution to the Digital Transformation domain.