Ring and Arab Business Machine Sign New Partnership for Middle East & North Africa
Ring, the leader in home security, today announced that it has signed a
value-added distribution (VAD) agreement with Arab Business Machine Middle East (ABM) for the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA). As per the agreement, ABM will promote and distribute Rings innovative
home security products and solutions and offer value-added services through its extensive channel partner
network. Ring is expanding its global presence and operations in response to the region witnessing a positive
growth of the property sector with many developers focusing on building master-planned communities and
the increasing demand for home security solutions.
Your home is not an asset your home is a place that has much more meaning to it and it is something you
want to protect and also monitor. Ring believes in keeping homes and communities safe rather than just
comfortable and we hope to change the way home owners view security by keeping an eye on their family
and property, even when they can't. Ring re-imagined the doorbell so consumers could respond using a
smartphone to someone at their front door from anyplace, anytime while simplifying the technology with
the combination of App, Cloud and Security hardware. ABM is very well placed in the MENA region to
position our smart home security products with its broaderreach across key retailers, Internet Service
Providers and online stores. ABMs experience in selling Apple products for more than a decade gives us
furtherconfidenceof its capabilities on best in class retail executionfor Rings range of the products and
solutions, says Mohammad Meraj Hoda, Managing Director of Ring.
Ring has evolved as the leading brand in the Smart Home Security Space represented by 16000 plus
storesacross NorthAmerica and Rings products globally have been hailed as dependable second set of eyes
and ears to deter would-be thieves from entering homes and communities. It has been proven that Ring
doorbells can reduce crime by up to 55% in neighbourhoods, and the goal is to bring the same convenience
and security to the Middle East neighbourhoods.
As the VAD, ABM will distribute Rings latest suite of smart home security products such asRing Video
Doorbell,Ring Video Doorbell Pro,Video Doorbell Elite, Ring Floodlight Camand the newRing Spotlight Cam
and conduct channel engagement, training and activation programs for partners. ABM will also set up go-to-
market strategies with key retail partners and provide the needed infrastructure for micro-channel to
engage with the Ring brand.
We are continuously evaluating new and innovative technologies and emerging trends to add to our
portfolio, which have a direct impact on the dynamics of the home security industry in the residential
security sector in the MENA region. This makes our partnership with Ring a perfect fit. We see exciting new
possibilities in this partnership with Ring across the MENA region and it will help ABM to better address our
customers needs in todays environment of ever-increasing demand for home security solutions, said
Ghassan Bendali, General Manager of ABM Middle East.
ABM will distribute Rings best-of- breed home security solutions in the UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Kuwait,
Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Iraq.
