Viva Kuwait extends roaming service to 176 countries
Kuwait – Viva will extend its roaming coverage to a total of 176 countries, and more than 420 operators including, but not limited to the USA, Canada, England, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, GCC, Egypt and Lebanon, allowing all our customers to make and receive calls and send and receive SMS’ on the move.
The company also now supports GPRS roaming in 75 countries with more than 123 operators, making it possible for our customers to maximise their enjoyment of data services including BlackBerry usage in locations such as the GCC, MENA, Western Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region.
Mr.Najeeb Al-Awadi - CEO VIA Kuwait
Najeeb Al-Awadhi, Viva Kuwait’s CEO, said:
“This extension of our mobile Internet roaming service will provide all our customers with maximum connectivity. They will now be able to enjoy Internet, WAP, MMS and other GPRS-based applications such as BlackBerry and the Viva Data Connect Card while travelling. So, now Viva customers will never be out of touch – even thousands of miles away from home.”
“We will continue to optimise our network in order to deliver the highest coverage, reliability, and service levels in the market,” Al-Awadhi added.
This latest offering builds on Viva’s superior performance – which has the most technologically sophisticated and up to date network in the country. Viva offers Internet speeds of up to 21.6Mbps, having implemented the most advanced third generation (3G and HSDPA) network in the state of Kuwait.
By Rana Mesbah – AMEinfo
