29, March 2022: Bahrain-headquartered Kalaam Telecom unifies the Wholesale business of the group including Tawasul Telecom, pioneering regional wholesale carrier provider and Zajil Telecom, Kuwait’s first ISP and region’s top connectivity service provider to make room for new growth opportunities.
Today at Capacity Middle East 2022, Kalaam unveils Kalaam Carrier Solutions. As the company seeks to enlarge its market clout and expand beyond GCC, this major consolidation of Zajil & Tawasul wholesale divisions is a game changer for Kalaam and adds to the growing dominance of the region’s fast-growing company.
Veer Passi, Kalaam Group CEO states, “from the launch of our terrestrial cable system (KNOT) covering GCC in 2021 to reinventing our carrier business model, over the past 5 years, Kalaam has been driving growth both organically and inorganically through M&A. As we integrate people, process, systems, it’s crucial we maintain a unified brand image to our carrier partners underpinning the combined strengths (53 PoPs, 3 Country Telecom Licenses) to be a trusted partner focused on supporting the global wholesale community with simplified access to the MENA region”.
“Kalaam has always maintained a challenger mindset in the MENA region allowing it to be carrier neutral, consultative solution driven and be a first choice for carrier based on customer experience, which is what we are very proud of. Like every region MENA also has its personality with unique culture, topology, and complexities and we have specialized in making the complexities of the region simplified for our partners, enabling them to do business seamlessly.
He further added “Kalaam Carrier Solutions, the winning combination of the strong brands is the fast-evolving core backbone of Kalaam group aimed to provide best-in-class infrastructure, fastest routes, low latency connectivity services from our combined network. Our Carrier neutral PoPs in the region enables optimum techno-commercial solutions in delivering, managing networks for carriers, OTTs, hyperscalers, large content providers and various enterprise verticals.”
May Neama, Head of Marketing & Corporate Communication says, “Kalaam’s major focus over the years was to collaborate with major players to allow for a premium experience and offering reliable robust solutions. Our focus this year is to build on a unified brand reinstating the brand position in the market and creating clarity on our combined offerings to the carrier community”.
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