RIYADH — Leading telecommunications and digital services provider Zain KSA has announced its consolidated financial results for the first nine months of 2026, reporting top line revenue of SAR 8.141 billion, representing a 1 percent increase compared to SAR 8.095 billion recorded during the corresponding period of 2025.
Reported net profit for the nine month period reached SAR 538 million, rising significantly from SAR 373 million in the prior year comparative window. Excluding non recurring financial gains linked to the Universal Service Fund (USF) project, normalized net profit expanded by 11 percent year on year, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) reached approximately SAR 2.511 billion. The financial performance reflects the operator’s sustained execution of its corporate strategy to optimize operational efficiency, upgrade sovereign digital infrastructure, and diversify commercial revenue streams across consumer, enterprise, and government segments, anchored by expansion in adjacent verticals including Yaqoot digital services, Tamam Financing, fintech, digital insurance, and integrated ICT solutions.
Eng. Saad bin Abdulrahman AlSadhan, Chief Executive Officer of Zain KSA, stated that the company continues to advance its operational footprint and fortify its technological capabilities through targeted capital investments that diversify income streams and address evolving digital economy demands in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030. AlSadhan highlighted that to reinforce national cloud and compute capacity, Zain KSA signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with DataVolt to develop advanced data centers tailored to support the Kingdom’s data and artificial intelligence economy.
On the network engineering front, the operator expanded its wireless capabilities by launching commercial 5G Advanced (5G+) services and deploying Saudi Arabia’s first commercial fixed wireless link powered by Full Duplex technology, while advancing internal automation through its dedicated AI Center of Excellence and deepening its cloud infrastructure partnership with Red Hat. In the public sector and healthcare verticals, Zain KSA partnered with the Innovation Empowerment Center at Seha Virtual Hospital to provide ultra low latency connectivity enabling 11 remote robotic surgeries across Riyadh, Jazan, and Hail, including a landmark robotic lung resection, alongside collaborating with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance to deploy the Electronic Mosque Affairs System, the largest national smart management initiative of its kind.
Reinforcing its environmental, social, and governance commitments, Zain KSA deployed energy efficient EcoFusion telecommunications towers across its network footprint, published its comprehensive corporate sustainability report, and maintained its AA rating in the MSCI ESG Ratings index, underscoring its commitment to sustainable infrastructure governance.
