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        Zain KSA and Huawei Revolutionize Connectivity in Saudi Arabia with
        Advanced FWA Solutions



        Saudi Vision 2030 is an ambitious plan   customers will require an estimated   The second segment, users without
        aimed at empowering small and mid-   500Mbps to fully support these      home broadband or those requiring
        sized enterprises while enhancing    services.                           a lower-speed network, is served
        the quality of life for Saudi citizens. A                                by Zain KSA’s new FWA Lite solution.
        key pillar of this vision is the provision   To meet the evolving demands of   Utilizing RedCap CPEs, this solution
        of high-quality broadband access     its users, Zain KSA, in collaboration   offers downlink rates of up to
        across the Kingdom.                  with Huawei, developed the FWA²     150Mbps, providing a 30% better
                                             solution tailored for three distinct user   user experience than 4G WTTx, while
        Traditionally, optical fiber deployment   segments.                      consuming 50% less power than
        in Saudi Arabia faced challenges due                                     standard 5G CPEs. Zain KSA plans to
        to the extreme heat, often exceeding   The first segment, home users,    migrate 4G WTTx users to 5G FWA
        50°C in the summer. To overcome this,   benefits from the FWA Pro solution.   this year, with the solution also ideal
        Zain KSA adopted 5G Fixed Wireless   This innovative networking model    for extending home broadband to
        Access (FWA) for home users and      combines a single wireless CPE with   unconnected regions in the Gulf.
        small businesses. FWA requires only a   a single fiber per room to support
        Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)     multiple applications. Its deployment   The third segment, business users
        device to convert 5G signals into    features extremely large antenna    such as retail outlets, warehouses,
        high-performance Wi-Fi.              arrays (ELAAs), carrier aggregation   and banks undergoing digital
                                             technologies, and high-performance   transformation, is targeted by the new
        Since its introduction, FWA has seen   5G CPEs. The solution ensures a stable   FWA Business Solution. This solution is
        remarkable success among Zain’s      ultra-high downlink speed of over   designed to expand the super uplink
        Saudi users, with usage doubling     300Mbps and latency under 10ms,     service market for SMEs, offering
        annually since 2020. Currently, 10% of   supporting 8K video streaming, large-  deterministic assurance with 5.5G
        FWA users connect up to 10 devices   scale cloud gaming, home security   high-bandwidth private lines. It
        per CPE, leveraging new services such   monitoring, and VR sports for multiple   guarantees uplink rates between
        as Extended Reality (XR), gaming,    concurrent users.                   50Mbps and 1Gbps, with latency under
        and IoT. By 2025, it is anticipated that                                 20ms and 99.99% reliability.







































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