Inwi is a telecommunications company based in Morocco and one of the three major telecoms companies in the North African state . The Casablanca headquartered telco is a subsidiary of the SNI group and Kuwaiti group Zain . With more than 50,000 branches , Inwi is the third telecommunications provider in Morocco , after Maroc Telecom and Orange . Recently , the mobile provider deployed Morocco ’ s first 28-port , all-in-one antenna as part of a broader strategy to upgrade its network infrastructure in preparation for 5G readiness . Ali Iraqi , Technical Procurement Director , inwi , tells Intelligent CIO Africa why it was crucial for the company to implement this project as it readies for 5G rollout . By Manda Banda .

Ali Iraqi , Technical Procurement Director , inwi

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