Delivering its commitment to offer the most advanced Internet services to its customers, Etisalat inked an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent for a planned deployment of the Middle East's first and widest Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the UAE. Using Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end solution, Etisalat will deploy the first commercial LTE network in the Middle East within the first quarter of 2011.
On the occasion, Mr. Mohammad Omran, chairman of Etisalat, commented, "As the region's leading-edge telecom service provider, this is a significant milestone for our corporation and we are proud to be the Middle East's first and widest LTE network, thereby fulfilling our promise to continuously deliver superlative communication experiences to our customers every step of the way."
"Over the last year we've witnessed a 200 percent growth in data roaming traffic. Due to the smartphone boom in the UAE, as is globally, our customers continue to crave for higher speeds and better connectivity.
There is an exploding demand for new technologies and large bandwidth to support and enable the surging data traffic," said Marwan Zawaydeh, Etisalat.
"We are confident that this advanced next-generation network from Alcatel-Lucent will meet our customers' needs for innovative mobile broadband services."
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