Zain (company)
| Zain Group
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | KW0EQ0601058 |
| founding | 1983 as MTC |
| Seat |
Kuwait City , Kuwait
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| management | Saad Al Barrak |
| Number of employees | over 7,000 (2016) |
| sales | 3.6 billion USD (2016) |
| Branch | Cellular |
| Website | www.zain.com |
The Zain Group (formerly MTC or Mobile Telecommunications Company ; Arabic زين, DMG Zain ) is a wireless network operator founded in Kuwait in 1983 under the name MTC and is currently active in the Middle East and Africa . In September 2007 the company was renamed to its current name Zain . Zain was active in 24 countries, but sold the network in 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to the Indian company Bharti Airtel , which converted it into the Airtel Africa holding company , and at that time still operated networks in nine countries. Since South Sudan's independence , Zain has also been active in Kuwait, Bahrain , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Saudi Arabia and Sudan .
Zain had sales of $ 3.6 billion in 2016 with over 47 million customers.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Zain.com: About us , accessed May 14, 2017.
- ↑ a b Zain.com: Financial Highlights December 31, 2016 , accessed May 14, 2017.
- ↑ heise-online: Hot patch Africa: Mobile phone giant Zain wants to withdraw , July 25, 2009, accessed on May 14, 2017.