Qatari telco Ooredoo has become Arizona-based public safety technology firm Axon’s preferred connectivity provider in the Middle East and North Africa, covering Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Iraq and Bahrain.

Axon, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, leverages a suite of connected devices and software for public safety. Axon’s network includes Taser energy devices, body-worn cameras, in-car cameras, cloud-hosted digital evidence management, productivity software and real-time operations capabilities.

“We are proud to associate with Axon, as a world leader in its sector, and first of what we hope will be many partnerships to help us achieve the strategic goal of growing in international IoT managed connectivity market,” said Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Thani, deputy group chief executive officer at Ooredoo Group. “In partnering with Axon to provide state-of-the-art IoT managed connectivity to leading international players, we clearly demonstrate our commitment to digital transformation, to investment in innovation, and to offering our customers the best products, services and technologies, enabling them to upgrade their worlds.”

Ooredoo stands to consolidate and build on its profile as an IoT managed connectivity provider reinforced across the region. The group’s customers – including some of the world’s largest manufacturers of connected products – should benefit from better IoT managed connectivity, with full local support and single points of contact. End-to-end users should also experience enhanced services.

Ooredoo operating companies in Qatar, Kuwait, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq and Oman will feature in the partnership, which will take shape via a phased roll-out.

Ooredoo is an international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa and south-east Asia. Serving consumers and businesses in ten countries, Ooredoo delivers data experience through a broad range of content and services via its, data-centric mobile and fixed networks.

Axon is building a public safety operating system by integrating a suite of hardware devices and cloud software for modern policing.