{"id":7454,"date":"2015-06-24T16:41:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T14:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sa.zain.com\/about\/zain-ksa-and-huawei-to-launch-techcity-in-riyadh\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:03:18","slug":"zain-ksa-and-huawei-to-launch-techcity-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sa.zain.com\/about\/zain-ksa-and-huawei-to-launch-techcity-in-riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Zain KSA and Huawei to launch TechCity in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zain KSA and Huawei have announced signing of a memorandum of understanding for the launch of a TechCity in the capital city of the Kingdom, Riyadh. The MOU was unveiled on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2015) held at Barcelona, Spain.<br \/>\nThe new technology will enable Zain to provide unique customer experience to its subscribers with a view to getting access to new services and solutions on voice and video calls and Internet.<br \/>\nFollowing signing of the MOU, Mr. Hassan Kabbani, Zain KSA CEO said &ldquo;The signing of this memorandum of understanding with our partners Huawei comes on the context of the plans to be adopted by Zain KSA to develop top-notch services and products to enrich its customers&rsquo; experiences. The first stage of this project will be initially executed in a given area inside the City of Riyadh, and then will be applied to other areas to include the whole city.&rdquo;<br \/>\nMr. Hassan added that the huge growth in Zain&rsquo;s customer base was the main drive to inject more investments in its state-of-the-art 4G network and that Zain is fully ambitious to be a pioneer service provide in terms of the levels of quality provided for its subscribers.<br \/>\nDr. Liang Hua, President of Huawei Global Service and Delivery said &ldquo;Zain KSA&rsquo;s advanced network which is considered the latest in the Kingdom will help us achieving great results in relation to this project. 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