KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, signed a partnership agreement with Al-Maousherji Catering Company to offer the most advanced cloud-managed network solutions by Cisco Meraki, supplying all 71 McDonald's restaurants in Kuwait with superfast Wi-Fi featuring the highest security standards. The agreement aims at elevating the company's customer experience and reinforcing its telecom infrastructure with world-class solutions.

As part of this agreement, Zain will offer a wide range of telecommunications and networking solutions built on the most advanced technologies, including 5G, with the aim of serving Al-Maousherji Catering Company's technical needs as per the highest standards. Al-Maousherji, the owner and operator of McDonald's restaurants in Kuwait, is considered one of the oldest national catering companies in the country, where it has been contributing to progressing national economy since 1994.

Zain is set to offer Al-Maousherji with the most advanced cloud-managed network solutions by Cisco Meraki to supply all 71 McDonald's restaurants in Kuwait with high-speed Wi-Fi, featuring the highest security standards with the wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) to protect it from external security threats. This allows Al-Maousherji to offer Zain's superfast internet at McDonald's high-density indoor and outdoor environments with simple multi-site management tools, ultimately contributing to elevating the company's customer experience and reinforcing its telecom infrastructure with the latest tech has to offer.

Certifications
Recently, Zain received three international certifications from Cisco, the global leader in telecommunications and networks technologies. The certifications from Cisco reflect Zain's commitment in offering the latest and most advanced technology solutions as per the highest international standards for customers in Kuwait's business sector.

The first certification from Cisco, Advanced Collaboration Architecture Specialized Partner, acknowledges Zain's capabilities with respect to Cisco's HCS solutions over the cloud in the Kuwaiti market. The second certification, Advanced Cloud and Managed Services Certified Partner, affirms Zain's capabilities in offering the latest advanced cloud and managed services to corporate customers. The third certification recognizes Zain as a Premier Certified Partner of Cisco. The bundle of services and solutions Zain offers in collaboration with Cisco aims at raising operational efficiency and increasing productivity for businesses while providing high levels of security.

Zain continues to achieve its strategy towards fully transforming into an integrated digital service provider, reflecting its commitment in further pushing the digital transformation wheel in Kuwait by contributing to advance the local business sector. The company considers itself an active partner in creating the future of smart life in Kuwait on all levels, especially within business areas.

The offering of these services and solutions to Al-Maousherji Catering Company comes as part of Zain's commitment to offer the latest and most advanced solutions to Kuwait's business community, whether large companies or SMEs, and as per the highest international standards. This commitment comes in line with Zain's digital transformation strategy through which it aims at empowering a more efficient business sector in the Kuwaiti market.