GlobalCom Data Services (GDS) Competitors

Since its establishment in 1854, Telecom Egypt has played a pivotal role in driving growth within the local ICT market capitalizing on its vast infrastructure, which is one of the largest in the region. Its vast domestic and international infrastructure has helped it serve various customer groups including consumers, enterprises, domestic and international carriers. Through its five business units Telecom Egypt boasts a consolidated top-line of EGP 22.8bn. In September 2017, Telecom Egypt introduced its new retail brand “WE” with the launch of its mobile services. In a year from launch, “WE” offered the market’s first fully integrated bundle combining all of its consumer services fixed and mobile, voice and data in one bill taking its first step towards full convergence and demonstrating its agility as a key player in the telecommunications industry. By end of 2018, Telecom Egypt fixed voice customers grew to 7.9mn of which 5.2mn enjoyed fixed broadband connectivity, while mobile customers reached 3.9mn. Telecom Egypt’s wholesale unit provides infrastructure, transmission and international voice services to local mobile operators and internet service providers. In addition, it provides international carries capacities on one of the largest submarine cable networks in the world.

Zain Group is a leading provider of innovative ICT technologies & digital lifestyle communications operating in 8 markets across the Middle East & Africa, serving 51.2 million active customers as of 31 March 2026. Zain provides mobile voice, data and B2B services in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. Headquartered in the UAE, ZainTECH, the Group’s one-stop digital and ICT solutions provider, is playing a key role in the digital transformation of enterprise and government clientele across the MENA region. Also UAE based, Zain Omantel International (ZOI) is revolutionizing the international telecommunications wholesale landscape as the premier wholesale powerhouse serving regional operators, international carriers, and global hyperscalers. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in ‘INWI’, through a joint venture. Zain is listed on the Boursa Kuwait (stock ticker: ZAIN). We recommend the Investor Community to download the “Zain Group Investor Relations” Mobile App. For more, please email info@zain.com

OGERO (Organisme de Gestion et d'Exploitation de l'ex Radio Orient) was founded by the Lebanese state in 1972 to continue the work of the former French company Radio Orient. Since then OGERO work has evolved to become the main operator of the fixed telecommunications network in Lebanon for the benefit of the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications. OGERO, which has a staff of 3,000 employees, manages and maintains the fixed telephone network in all its components. OGERO provides its services through a network of 50 Point of Sales deployed on all Lebanese territories, along with a call center,1515, which is considered as the largest and most performing call center in Lebanon. OGERO, engine of MoT, constitutes the backbone infrastructure for all telecom networks including Mobile Operators, Data Service Providers (DSPs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and others. As the future core of Liban Telecom., Ogero will become the incumbent Lebanese operator and will continually expand its customer base and its portfolio of value added services. In recent years, Ogero proved to be more dynamic and always committed to provide services meeting the more demanding customer needs, (the latest service being the “One Stop Shop” with the hosting of the mobile operators in its Sales Offices). Ogero continues to improve and expand its portfolio of services including Voice and Data services mainly based on Fiber (FTTx). In the near future, Ogero, will move from connectivity offers to converged packages (Voice, Internet, TV Programs, Info, Movies...). End users will have the ability to set their own packages and can use a variety of devices from any fixed or mobile access. On the international arena, Ogero is proud to be currently member of many regional and international specialized organizations such as ITU, IMEWE, GMSA, Arab IGF and others. OGERO Telecom- Bir Hassan Tel: 961 01 840000- Fax: 961 01 826823