Using the Enea Openwave Encrypted Video Manager, enables transparent classification of encrypted video flows to balance picture and playback video quality in real time according to radio network conditions.
As a result, Zain Kuwait subscribers won’t experience poor quality of experience such as long wait times and degraded video quality.
This is particularly prevalent given that of the country’s population of close to 4 million people, more than 7 million are mobile subscribers, bringing its mobile penetration rate to 168%.
Zain Kuwait also has an extremely high mobile data consumption per SIM, driven in large part by users sharing and streaming mobile videos.
“Zain Kuwait is an innovative pioneer in the region with an outstanding track record, having deployed the first mobile network in the Middle East,” said Nawaf Algharabally, chief technology officer of Zain Kuwait.
“Our partnership with Enea ensures that we deliver outstanding subscriber experience by putting the right solutions in place to provide smoother video streaming and improved Internet browsing. This solution enables us to optimise video streaming and deliver the highest in-country download speeds, regardless of whether the content is encrypted.”
In addition, the solution features the Enea Openwave TCP Accelerator to maximise download speeds for both 4G and 5G, and the Traffic Classifier to augment application and encrypted content classification.
Zain is an outstanding example of a truly innovative operator. Our research in the Middle East shows that video buffering can be a major frustration that causes subscribers to abandon a video within just six seconds, which often is enough to make a subscriber switch to another operator.
By deploying Enea Openwave technology, Zain Kuwait is future proofing its 4G and 5G networks and ensuring they’re equipped to manage the rising levels of encrypted video traffic to deliver outstanding QoE for their subscribers,” said John Giere, president of Enea’s Openwave Division.
