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Cisco introduced today that Ali Amer has been appointed Managing Director for Global Service Provider Sales in the Middle East and Africa at Cisco. In his new role, Ali will be accountable for aiding telecoms service providers transform their networks, services and customers' experiences to catch the opportunities created by the digital period. Along with driving the sector's sales approach and growth across the Middle East and Africa, he will certainly likewise concentrate on enhancing business procedures, including sales and network technique, business advancement and customer support.

Amer will report to Peter Karlstromer, Senior Vice President for Global Service Provider Sales, Cisco EMEAR. He will certainly work carefully with the regions' mobile drivers to establish their digital transformation roadmaps as they progress their business and profits versions to fulfill the expanding need for information services and economic and industrial services. "It offers me terrific satisfaction to introduce Ali as the new leader for our Provider business between East and Africa," claimed Karlstromer. "Ali is a very concerned leader known for his close working relationships and deep understanding of the telecoms industry landscape. His experience and ability to develop high performance teams will most certainly increase our energy in supplying the digital ecological community and network facilities that our customers should catch increasing chances." Amer signed up with Cisco in 2013, most recently acting as Managing Director for Cisco's Provider section in the center East and Turkey. He brings to the function over 25 years of industry experience and was previously the Senior Telecom and IT Consultant in the very same system, recommending multinationals and start-ups on market entryway and go-to- market methods in the region. Before Cisco, Amer invested fifteen years at Motorola Networks rising to the position of Vice President and General Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, where he ran a company of 2,500 employees and business professionals with yearly profits in excess of $1 billion.

" I am delighted to take on this increased role within our Provider business as Cisco remains to forge ahead with services, modern technologies and a vision that drives exponential value and success for our customers and companions," said Ali Amer, Managing Director, Global Service Provider Sales, Cisco Middle East and Africa. "With its substantial growth potential, a quickly broadening population, and increasing smartphone penetration, the telecommunications market between East and Africa is at an important joint. Cisco's technology capabilities and strong partnerships will certainly play an essential role in making it possible for SPs to become genuinely smart network drivers that are able unlock chances, enhance business dexterity, and drive solution innovation and customer-experience enhancement."

The following stage for the Middle East and Africa telecommunications field will be defined by an explosion in information demand. The annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast predicts a 12-fold boost in Middle East and Africa mobile data website traffic from 2016 to 2021, a compound yearly growth rate of 65 percent. By 2021, the Middle East and Africa will have 2.4 billion networked tools (up from 1.7 billion in 2016) and 1.4 networked devices per capita, while 75 percent of all networked devices will certainly be mobile-connected in 2021.

Across the Middle East and Africa, solid growth in mobile individuals, smartphones and Internet of Things (IoT) connections combine with network speed enhancements and development in mobile video clip intake to significantly increase mobile data traffic over the following five years.

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