Nigeria: Zain’s ‘One Network’ Expands to Egypt

Zain, the leading mobile telecom provider in the Middle East and Africa, announces the expansion of its ground breaking ‘One Network’ platform to Egypt in a strategic partnership with Mobinil. Over 27 million Zain customers in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait*, Saudi Arabia and Sudan can now benefit from ‘One Network’ services  when visiting Egypt for business or pleasure with a reciprocal benefit for Mobinil’s 24 million customers when visiting any of these Zain countries.

The award winning ‘One Network’ borderless mobile phone platform enables pre-paid and post-paid Zain customers when travelling to another “One Network’ partner country to be treated as local customer in terms of pricing while retaining home country service functionalities. Now, even in Egypt, Zain customers  will be able to make calls, send SMS and access the internet (data) at local rates of the visited country and to receive incoming calls from their home country at free-off or minimal charge. There is no need for customers to pre-register, no extra fees, no roaming deposits, and no complicated dialling formats. As in any other “One Network” country, while in Egypt, Zain customers can recharge their pre-paid lines with locally purchased top up cards.

“‘One Network’ is unstoppable,” said Zain Group CEO Dr Saad Al Barrak. “We have reached an enormous milestone by reaching Egypt, a country that embraces both the Middle East and Africa. In every new country in which we plant the “One Network’ flag, we are redefining the concept of mobile coverage and roaming by delivering on our brand promise of ‘A wonderful world’”.

Since its introduction in September 2006, “One Network” has been recognized by the international community for significant innovation and raising industry standards, attaining many awards. Most recently at the Middle East World Telecom Awards held last Tuesday, ‘One Network’ was named “Telecommunication Innovation of the Year”.

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