NEWS
Mild decline in Egypt smartphone market
amid COVID-19 crisis
Egypt’s smartphone market experienced
one of the smallest declines in the whole
Middle East and North Africa region in
Q1 2020, according to the latest research
conducted by the International Data
Corporation (IDC).
The global technology and consulting
services firm’s Worldwide Mobile Phone
Tracker shows that smartphone shipments
to the country declined 6.3% quarter on
quarter (QoQ) in Q1 2020 to total 2.82
million units, making up 75% of overall
mobile phone shipments for the quarter.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has
impacted Egypt’s smartphone market in two
phases – first through disruptions to supplies
from China, and then through weakened
consumer demand from the middle of
March. Looking at the vendor landscape,
Oppo led the country’s smartphone market
in terms of shipments in Q1 2020, followed
closely by Samsung. Xiaomi and realme are
focused on increasing the market shares
they gained over the course of 2019.
“The established Chinese vendors like
Transsion (Infinix, Tecno and Itel) and
Huawei are challenged by supplychain
disruptions and an influx of more
affordable models from the competition,”
said Taher Abdel Hameed, a Senior
Research Analyst at IDC. “However,
the fallout from COVID-19 will cause
hardships even for the fast-growing brands
throughout the remainder of 2020 and
will force them to adjust their pricing and
model portfolio strategies.”
Batelco announces participation in the AWS
Marketplace CPPO
thousands of AWS customers accelerate project success, as part
of the launch of the Consulting Partner Private Offer (CPPO)
programme in Bahrain. AWS is a platform that offers flexible,
reliable and scalable cloud computing solutions. It has enabled its
customers to achieve their business requirements and meet their
digital objectives. Batelco’s collaboration with AWS has grown
rapidly since early 2017, enabling it to offer the most in-demand
services to its partners and customers.
Abderrahmane Mounir, Batelco GM Enterprise, said: “We are very
pleased to be expanding our work with AWS, which complements our
role as the leading provider of digital solutions in Bahrain.
Abderrahmane
Mounir, Batelco
GM Enterprise
Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in Bahrain, has
announced its role as a consulting partner with Amazon Web
Services (AWS) Marketplace, the online software store that helps
“This launch will enable us to provide AWS services nationwide,
which reflects our continuous efforts to support our valued enterprise
customers, by providing the necessary technical support and tools
to grow their business. Through taking this step, Batelco is also
reaffirming its support for the Kingdom’s cloud-first Policy, the
growth of the digital economy.”
Through this launch, all AWS customers in Bahrain will be able to
purchase software solutions available on AWS Marketplace directly
through Batelco. •
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