Batelco launches ‘SmartConnect’ service with SD-WAN 2.0 Technology

Batelco, the leading digital solutions provider in Bahrain, has announced the launch of its ‘SmartConnect’ service on SD-WAN 2.0 technology, to support cloud connectivity, automation and Digital Transformation services for Batelco’s Bahrain based and international enterprise customers. Batelco will complement its existing business services by providing customers with simplified management of, and dynamic support for, traditional connectivity, cloud and IoT applications. This development follows the signing of an agreement between Batelco and Nokia during GITEX last year. Batelco is the first in the Kingdom to offer the SD-WAN 2.0 ‘SmartConnect’ service as part of its digital business strategy, where SD-WAN 2.0 technology can use Software Defined Networks (SDN) over any type of Wide Area Network (WAN).