Mobily/ITC consortium kicks off SNFN project with Huawei HIGHLIGHT
A consortium of the main Saudi telecom carriers, Etihad Etisalat ( Mobily) and Integrated Telecom Company ( ITC), signed an agreement for the Saudi National Fiber Network ( SNFN) modernization project with their partner Huawei. By building the first 5G and B2B- driven, ultra-broadband optical backbone network in the Middle East, the SNFN project will contribute to the end-to- end network transformation and agile automation strategy as part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.
Already launched in Saudi Arabia, 5G has started bringing an avalanche of new business opportunities. The SNFN consortium, established in 2007 by Mobily, Bayanat Al- Oula and ITC to become a main carrier in the Kingdom, has started modernizing its entire transport network in order to become the most competitive in the Saudi market and to add more value to endusers. The new network shall offer comprehensive features to address the enormous challenges facing the emerging 5G era and the ever-increasing business traffic demand with stringent service level agreements ( SLAs). The state- of-the-art solution provided by Huawei offers the first end-to- end 120 channels in the region. Each channel carries ultra-high and evaluative capacity from 200/400 Gbps and above. Furthermore, the consortium’s next- generation network will provide customers a full resilient, end-to- end network with flexible and automatic service provisioning.
“Flexible traffic adjustment and abundant protection SLAs offered by SNFN are very attractive
This agreement will help fulfill the goals of Vision 2030 by creating more success stories in the region and enriching the digitization of society.
to B2B scenarios and use cases, and will evolve the Mobily/ ITC ultra-broadband optical backbone network,” said Alaa Malki, CTO of Mobily.
“Massive embedded AI monitoring and proactive network health mechanisms will help reduce the long time-to-market and delivery time to a few seconds, improve the service availability and enhance customer experience,” said Ahmed Al-Anqari, CTO of ITC.