Exclusive Interviews

In the spotlight of the August 2022 edition, Telecom Review had an exclusive interview with Omantel’s CEO Talal Said Al Mamari, the kingpin of the company since June 2014 and a well-seasoned telecom professional with 26 years of experience. Under his term, critical initiatives and projects have been carried out including the company’s 750-million-dollar initial public offering (IPO) sale in 2005, the restructuring of Omantel that brought the mobile and fixed operations together, and the acquisition of a 21.9% stake in Zain Group, the biggest transaction of its kind in the region.

In an exclusive with Telecom Review, Ooredoo Oman CEO Noor Al-Sulaiti brings a wealth of experience and expertise gained over 17 years of progressive and rotational roles in the telecoms industry.

Women are proving themselves in the workplace and developing their skills in all sectors which has allowed them to assume leadership positions, notably in the telecommunications and ICT industry. Denise Helou, Senior Business Development Manager at Verizon Partner Solutions, shares, in an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, the achievements made by the company thus far during its digital transformation journey, and tackles the importance of Arab women’s role in this field.

PROSE, the spinoff of Rosenberger Technologies' antenna and wireless product portfolio, was announced in early 2022. We connected with Vick Mamlouk, the Senior Advisor at Rosenberger Technologies, to shed light on the essence of this new brand, their current business environment, and the growth outlook within the wireless industry.

Ooredoo Oman had the highest score in terms of customer satisfaction, customer care, store experience, customer journey, and network. Aligning with the Ooredoo Group’s digital-first strategy into 2022, the company is digital from A-Z, shifting from ‘brick to click’.

Red Hat aims to make the cloud infrastructure as easy to consume as possible. Azhar Sayeed, Senior Director, Global Telco Technical Development at Red Hat spoke with Telecom Review during the 5G MENA event about the key to building a multi-cloud strategy for telcos and how CSPs can maximize the cloud sustainably, among other insights.

Nokia is a global technology leader that is focusing on addressing the Middle East and African (MEA) region’s requirement and challenges. From responding to the surge of traffic up to fulfilling the needs of the enterprises and operators, Nokia’s state-of-the-art solutions are deployed with high level of quality, efficiency, and sustainability in mind.

CommScope Mosaic comes as a solution to the challenges of 5G rollouts. On the sidelines of the 5G MENA event, Raed Aoude, Director of Sales - MENAPAK & SEA, CommScope, enlightened Telecom Review of the 5G commercialization scene in the MENA region and how they are addressing the problems being faced by their partners on this matter.

In an exclusive interview with Telecom Review, Stefano Resi, Sales Director, Nokia MEA shared insightful notes on the influence that webscalers have on the telecommunications scene and cited some of Nokia's webscale networking solutions.

Named one of the 10 most promising Polish startups by EU Startups and recognized as one of six world-leading 5G Startups Building 5G Infrastructure by Nanalyze Magazine, Microamp Solutions has been laser-focused on solving the industry’s most complex engineering problems. Telecom Review spoke to Dawid Kuchta, CEO, Microamp, who shared his company’s core offerings and expansion plans.