Motorola, Inc. on Wednesday announced its first commercial Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE) contract in the Middle East for Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) in Kuwait. The contract will allow MTC to provide advanced, high-speed mobile services such as audio and video streaming, mobile web browsing and multimedia messaging to its one million wireless subscribers across the country.
“This EDGE contract in Kuwait represents a landmark for Motorola in EMEA and demonstrates our ability to provide operators with the right mobile data solutions for their market as they migrate to next generation networks and services,” said Jeff Cherif, vice president, Motorola and general manager for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for Motorola. “It is especially important for operators in the Middle East to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market and EDGE allows them to capitalize on the growth opportunities enhanced data rates will provide.”
“Our goal is to provide the most innovative services and an excellent user experience to our customers, while keeping in line with our financial objectives. With EDGE, we can boost data performance of our existing network and offer customers the enhanced services they require,” said Dr. Saad Al Barrak, director general, Mobile Telecommunications Company. “We have worked with Motorola for 10 years and its innovative approach and extensive knowledge of the Middle East market made it our infrastructure vendor of choice for this project.”
The agreement covers the immediate delivery of hardware, software and services required for the increasing GSM traffic. Phase one of the EDGE network deployment in Kuwait is already operational. (menareport.com)
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