Vodafone Group confirmed a new partnership agreement with Middle East mobile operator Zain. Vodafone will work with Zain companies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq to provide customers with communications services, including enhanced roaming and voice and data offerings for multinational businesses. Vodafone said the agreement, which does not include an equity participation in Zain, will complement its regional operations in Egypt and Qatar and increase the number of countries in which it has Partner Market agreements to more than 50. Zain will have access to Vodafone's devices and services in its home markets and become the preferred partner of Vodafone in the agreed areas of cooperation. Vodafone and Zain will work together to provide customers with enhanced network coverage and harmonised roaming rates across multiple countries, and Zain will be able to use the Vodafone brand.
