VIVA (an STC Company), a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, and enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Huawei Technologies Kuwait Co. W.L.L, in presence of VIVA CEO Eng. Maziad Alharbi and Huawei Executive Director of the Board and President of Carrier BG Mr. Ryan Ding.

VIVA and Huawei will cooperate to advance solutions over 5G with the objective of supporting the business growth in B2B, B2C and B2H, moreover to develop IoT solutions and 5G ecosystem in Kuwait.

This agreement is a road methodology promoting synergies and best practices in line with the digital transformation to deliver outstanding services to Viva customers not limited to consumers, home and enterprise, and drivingthe mission of VIVA leading the digital lifestyle enabler for its customers.

“5G advancements in wireless networks will take these worlds to the next level and that much closer to truly feeling real,” Alharbi said. “I’m extremely proud of what VIVA and Huawei team have accomplished in our time together through a rare combination of passion, dedication and innovation; moving forward, we will continue to invest in customer experience and 5G solutions to meet the needs of our consumers and enterprise business development,” he added.

“We appreciate the trust VIVA Kuwait has shown in selecting Huawei to launch the nationwide 5G services, as it will bring VR, AR, and other ultra-HD video services such as Mobile Video 3.0 to VIVA customers.” Ryan Ding said. “5G in particular also promises to accelerate Kuwait’s digital transformation to various industries from oil/gas industry to smart cities to public safety and achieve new business growth for all participating parties.”

The executives noted that this should lead to develop Enterprise in the Kuwaiti market, launch new products and focus on customer business value proposition.