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Open Sesame Zain Creates a Wonderful World of Happiness During Ramadan ConnectA Zain Magazine | September 2011 Issue 14 OPEN SESAME ZAIN CREATES A WONDERFUL WORLD OF HAPPINESS DURING RAMADAN HELPING SAVE LIVES ON THE ROAD • SIMON COWELL’S GOT TALENT • TAKE A TABLET • UP IN THE CLOUDS • THE BARBIE STORY • MADA’IN SALEH’S MAJESTY رﺳﺎﻟرﺳﺎﻟﺔﺔ اﻟاﻟﻤﻤﺪاﻟﻤﺪﻳﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﻌاﻟﻌﺎمﺎم اﻟﻟﺘﻨﺘﻨﻔﻔﻴﺬﺬياﻟﺘﻨﻔﻴﺬي Be the first to subscribe to Zain’s 4G LTE technology, with internet speeds reaching 100 mbps. Subscribe now and get the 4G LTE modem free. For more information, visit www.sa.zain.com, or your nearest Zain outlet, or call 0590000959 or 959 from your Zain line. www.facebook.com/zainworld Follow us www.twitter.com/zainhelpsa Satisfy your need for speed. أﻳﺎأﻳﺎرر 20112011 ﻛﻮﻧﻜﺖﻛﻮﻧﻜﺖ 3 رﺳﺎﻟرﺳﺎﻟﺔﺔ اﻟاﻟﻤﻤﺪاﻟﻤﺪﻳﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﻌاﻟﻌﺎمﺎم اﻟﻟﺘﻨﺘﻨﻔﻔﻴﺬﺬياﻟﺘﻨﻔﻴﺬي Be the first to subscribe to Zain’s 4G LTE technology, with internet speeds reaching 100 mbps. Subscribe now and get the 4G LTE modem free. For more information, visit www.sa.zain.com, or your nearest Zain outlet, or call 0590000959 or 959 from your Zain line. www.facebook.com/zainworld Follow us www.twitter.com/zainhelpsa Satisfy your need for speed. أﻳﺎأﻳﺎرر 20112011 ﻛﻮﻧﻜﺖﻛﻮﻧﻜﺖ 3 CEO’S MESSAGE Entering an exciting era with new challenges elcome to issue 14 of Connect, Zain’s international mobile network operator, Zain is obliged corporate magazine in which we report on to make safe driving one of our core CSR mandates. Wour corporate, community support (CSR) and Sadly, in the Middle East the official figures for road entertainment activities as well as feature articles that accidents speak for themselves and show an urgent both reflect the countries in which we operate and our need for a network operator to play its part in core values of radiance, heart and belonging. awareness creation. It is an obligation which we simply cannot ignore. I am pleased to announce that Zain’s consolidated financial results for the half-year ending 30 June 2011 Elsewhere, one of our recent TV commercials titled showed healthy growth in several key performance “Help the Environment” shows our concern for the indicators especially our impressive 16% year-on-year planet on which we live. The ad is a reminder that we customer growth across all operations that saw the must do all we can to save our Earth. It is our moral duty company adding over 100,000 customers per week to to remind our customers that our planet is priceless. be serving 39.6 million active customers as of June 30. The Holy Month of Ramadan is the perfect time for Zain Zain has launched a host of new and attractive to show its commitment to the communities we serve. services across all operations, while many of our Across all our operations, we have initiated a variety of operations have upgraded and successfully launched programs. Whether it is handing out Iftar meals, ultra fast internet access through HSPA+, and most allowing customers to make charity donations via their recently we rolled out 4th generation LTE in Saudi mobile phones, providing hundreds of thousands of Arabia, the first country in the Middle East to benefit umbrellas to protect pilgrims performing the Umrah and from high speeds of up to 150 Mbps. We have also Hajj from the sun, or hosting entertainment events for partnered with the world’s leading technology children and the sick, Zain was there. companies such as Apple, Motorola, RIM and Samsung to offer the iPhone4, Xoom, BlackBerry Finally, I am delighted to announce that the company PlayBook and the Galaxy Tab respectively as well as is embracing the social media era with the launching an array of other offerings. of Group Twitter (www.twitter.com/zain), Facebook (www.facebook.com/zain) and YouTube On July 9, we welcomed the newly recognized nation (www.youtube.com/zain) accounts along with all our of South Sudan to the Zain family and have wasted no country operations that are actively doing the same time in rolling out advanced mobile services to the for their customers. Social media is now an essential people of South Sudan, welcoming them warmly to part of daily life, and Zain’s presence on these Zain’s ‘wonderful world’. Zain’s communication important sites demonstrates our commitment to the network, official outlets, CSR projects and new way in which the world is communicating. entertainment and social activities are testament to the company’s commitment to this vibrant new country. I hope you all enjoy reading the magazine. One of the highlights of the year so far has to be our Nabeel Bin Salamah “Drive Zain”, a huge CSR and media awareness Chief Executive Officer campaign initially launched in Kuwait to highlight the Zain Group dangers of using mobile phones while driving. As an 3 CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2011 CONTENTS 28 3 Message from the CEO 28 RAMADAN SPECIAL A month of giving ALERTS Ramadan was a chance for Zain to 6 In the news celebrate with its customers. Zain’s financial results for the first six months of 2011 show impres- 36 GIVING BACK sive growth. Zain launches iPhone Contributions to the social 4 in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait. and economic development Bahrain signs agreement with of our communities Twitter. Iraq consolidates its cus- In Bahrain the Zain Future University tomer data into a single database Network (F.U.N.) accepts 15 university with Nokia Siemens Networks. students to its summer program. Iraq Jordan wins the 2011 Global lends its support to journalists and 52 Telecoms Business Innovations their families. Jordan works to support Award for its E-Mal service. KSA underprivileged families. KSA releases launches high-speed 4G wireless ‘A Wonderful World’, its first annual technology. Kuwait notches up 2 sustainability report. Kuwait launches million customers. Lebanon looks Drive Zain, a multimedia awareness to HSPA+ technoology. South and action campaign. Sudan celebrat- Sudan joins the Zain family. ed World Environment Day under the slogan, “Forests are our wealth”. 20 GIANTS IN TIME Master of mean 42 METROPOLIS Simon Cowell may be the man Entertainment activities everyone loves to hate, but he’s across all operations laughing all the way to the bank. Zain Group CEO Nabeel Bin Salamah is honored at the 10th Arab Telecom 24 JOURNEY and Internet Forum in Beirut. Bahrain Saudi Arabia’s silent city is platinum sponsor of the Mada’in Saleh dating back to 168 International e-Government Forum BCE, is an archeological wonder 2011. Zain Iraq’s mini-soccer team carved in stone . wins the first Telecom Day 20 Championship. Jordan to serve micro- 4 CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2011 COVER PHOTO: For Ramadan, the Arabic version of “Sesame Street” got together on TV with “Arabs Got Talent” star Hala Turk Contributors: Mona Alami, Maya Khourchid, Nicholas Lowry, Matt Nash, Norbert Schiller, Gareth Smyth Photography: Norbert Schiller private collection, Zain Group, Reuters, Getty, Shutterstock Editing: Vinehouse Media 56 Color Separation and Printing: credit financing companies through its www.raidy.com pioneering E-Mal service. KSA announces its the three-year sponsorship Produced by: of the Abha Festival. Kuwait hosts soccer Zain Group star Fernando Morientes. Lebanon’s mtc Communications touch is seven years old and Sudan Department with launches poetry by Raoda Al Haj. Vinehouse Media 48 MOBILE LIFE Hang up and drive Using a mobile phone behind the wheel is a dangerous, and sometimes fatal, distraction. 48 52 Servers in the sky Software and data storage are finding a silver lining with cloud computing. 56 Good things, small packages Tablets are quickly gaining in populari- ty, but will they replace laptops? Zain Group 60 RADIANCE Head Office Building No need to panic P.O. Box 22244 How to reduce the health risks from 13083 Safat extensive mobile phone use. Kuwait City Kuwait 62 ICONS OF DESIGN Tel.: +965 24644444 Life in plastic is fantastic Fax: +965 24641111 Welcome to Barbie’s world, where www.zain.com fashion reigns supreme and all else is [email protected] just an accessory. 60 5 CONNECT SEPTEMBER 2011 ALERTS GROUP A solid six months ain’s consolidated financial results Zfor the half year ending 30 June, 2011, showed healthy growth in several key performance indicators. For the first half of 2011, the company recorded consolidated revenues of KD659.4 million ($2.381 billion), reflecting a 2% increase on the same period in H1-2010. The period witnessed net income increasing to KD140.2 million ($506.5 million), an impressive 17% hike on the same period in H1-2010. The company’s consolidated EBITDA reached KD293.1 million ($1.058 billion), up 6% on H1- 2010, reflecting an EBITDA margin of 44% (up one percentage point) with EBIT of KD210 million ($758.3 million), a 6% increase on H1-2010. Earnings per share reached 36 fils ($0.13). Year-on-year customer growth across company serving 39.6 million active Group added 5.4 million new active all operations was 16%, with the customers as of June 30. The Zain customers over the past 12 months. Happy birthday GSM ain would like to wish a happy was made in Helsinki, Finland Zbirthday to GSM technology, on the Radiolinja’s network which turned 20 on July 1. It was when Prime Minister Harri on that day in 1991 that the Holkeri called deputy mayor of world’s first commercial GSM call Tampere, Kaarina Suonio. iPhone 4 takes off o kick off the summer, Zain, in A4 chip and includes of a 5 TJune, launched the iPhone 4 megapixel camera with LED in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, flash, HD video recording and a with different payment plans for beautiful glass and stainless steel customers. iPhone 4 is one of the design.
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