Zain, Viva partner on VoLTE interconnection

Kuwaiti telecoms operators Zain and Viva have announced the successful establishment of a voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) interconnection in partnership with Huawei, Kuwait Times reports. The GSMA-led initiative, which the duo claimed was the ‘first VoLTE interconnection in the MENA region’, will allow seamless and direct VoLTE-to-VoLTE HD experience between Zain and Viva’s customers, with significantly shorter connection times.