Middle East·Group: Huawei
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Huawei jointly released IntelligentRAN in the Middle East with e&/Etisalat (UAE), du (UAE), stc (Saudi) and Zain (regional) on 13 Jun 2022, embedding a Mobile Intelligence Engine for intelligent identification, fault detection and autonomous-network capability into 5G.
e&/Etisalat
Not disclosed (multi-operator framework)
Record note: Regional framework release spanning UAE/Saudi/regional operators; recorded under UAE (lead market). Site-level rollout not quantified.
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