Mobily joins Global Leaders Forum board

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• Mobily’s Senior Vice President Thamer A. Alfadda has taken a seat on the GLF board, giving the company a voice in global decisions on interoperability, fraud prevention and digital infrastructure.
• The move strengthens Mobily’s international influence and aligns with its broader strategy of expanding global wholesale services and infrastructure investments.

What happened: Mobily joins GLF board to influence global connectivity standards

The Global Leaders Forum this month officially appointed Mobily to its board, adding Thamer A. Alfadda — Mobily’s Senior Vice President for Wholesale — to its membership. The GLF describes itself as a coalition of senior executives from the world’s leading international carriers, focused on shaping the future of global connectivity through cooperation, innovation and standardisation.

Mobily has long invested heavily in global infrastructure — including submarine cables, data centres and fibre‑optic networks — expanding its wholesale footprint well beyond Saudi Arabia. Its presence on the GLF board means the company will now help set the agenda on cross-border connectivity, industry standards and collaboration among international carriers.

GLF chair Enrico Bagnasco welcomed Mobily’s appointment, noting Alfadda’s “experience and vision” will contribute to driving innovation and collaboration across the global telecom ecosystem.

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Why it’s important

Mobily’s board seat at the GLF marks a step up from being a regional telecom operator to a global connectivity stakeholder. It gives the company influence over policies and decisions that shape how data and networks interconnect worldwide — from submarine cables to wholesale services.

For the global telecom industry, Mobily’s presence could help bridge cooperation between the Middle East and other regions, leveraging the Kingdom’s expanding infrastructure footprint. Given its recent investments in subsea cables and data‑centre capacity, Mobily may push for connectivity routes and wholesale deals that enhance East–West and North–South data flows.

The appointment also reflects broader trends: carriers increasingly view infrastructure not just as national assets but as global utilities. Through GLF, companies like Mobily can influence standards for interoperability, fraud prevention, sustainability, and global data transit — issues that matter as cloud, AI and cross‑border data services surge.