Zain also crowned as Best Website in Kuwait

• Second consecutive year company ranks first in Telecom Industry and Kuwait

• Company beats the top 138 companies in the region as ranked by 400 international business journalists, analysts and investors based on a protocol of 140 criteria

Dubai, 6 December 2011

Zain, the leading mobile network operator in the Middle East, ranked highest in two categories in the 3rd “Middle East Webranking” survey of the largest 138 leading companies by market capitalization in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The survey was conducted by King Worldwide Digital (KWD), the leading online corporate communications agency that specializes in such rankings across the globe.

For the second consecutive year, www.zain.com was awarded the Best Corporate Website in the Telecom Industry across the MENA region and the Best Website in Kuwait, where the company was founded and where it is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange.

The sites of those shortlisted were assessed according to 140 criteria, laid down in KWD’s annual survey of over 400 international business journalists, analysts and investors, to identify what information and functionality they most value from a listed company's corporate website. Also taken into serious consideration was to what level the company had embraced social media to promote its cause and engage customers.