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Etisalat was founded in 1976 as a joint-stock company between International Aeradio Limited, a British Company, and local partners. In 1983, the ownership structure changed – United Arab Emirates government held a 60% share in the company and the remaining 40% were publicly traded.
And while there were exceptions for free zones and modern housing developments, for the majority of the UAE, Etisalat held a monopoly on business and personal telecommunications services. In February 2006, this monopoly became a duopoly when a new telephone company and Internet service provider (ISP), du , was established to offer mobile ...
The UAE Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) was established in 2003 [1] to regulate the Information Communications and Telecommunications (ICT) sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to ensure sustainability, competitiveness and transparency among the service providers, [2] customers and shareholders.
In the UAE, e& operates where mobile penetration is already among the highest in the world "200%", [13] Etisalat became known for its efforts to roll out its Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) network in the UAE. By the end of 2009, Etisalat had completed the FTTH roll-out for 85% of households in Abu Dhabi, positioning the UAE's capital as the first in ...
e& Egypt is the third mobile operator to enter the Egyptian market and the first integrated operator for telecom services in Egypt. It officially started its business in 2007 and attracted one million subscribers in the first fifty days of the launch of its operations. e& was the first company to provide 3.5G and 4G services while not needing its customers to change their SIM cards, in ...
e-junior is the first UAE children TV channel created by e-Vision which is part of Etisalat, the largest telecom operator in the Middle East. "e-junior" was launched in the year 2001, it targets kids up to 14 years old. the channel content is a mix of educational, fun, adventurous and fantasy programmes.
Three of the group’s brands, Etisalat, Maroc Telecom and Mobily, are among the top 150 most valuable telecom brands in the world. [4] Appointed as chairman in 2005, Al Shamsi retired from Etisalat in 2012. [5] [6] Etisalat was named the most powerful company in the United Arab Emirates by Forbes Middle East at the time. [7]
Etisalat, an Abu Dhabi company was able to get the shares with a large margin in the bid. [12] In June 2005, Etisalat won the 26% of PTCL shares along with management control of the then telecom monopoly for US$2.6 billion. As of 2019, Etisalat has held back $800m amount over a property-transfer dispute with the Pakistani government. [13]