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January 13, 2010

Alcatel-Lucent selected by Etisalat to accelerate FTTH rollout

Filed under: Alcatel-Lucent,Middle East,Mobile,UAE,abu dhabi,operator — Editor @ 6:42 pm

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Under the multi-million euro deal, UAE-based telecoms operator Etisalat selected Alcatel-Lucent to speed up the deployment of its nationwide fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network. French vendor’s gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology will be utilized by Etisalat to connect 50,000 households and business customers to the ‘eLife’ network.
Through this platform both residential and business customers would [...]

December 16, 2009

Bangladesh operator to be bought by Indian telco Bharti Airtel

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Bangladesh’s fourth largest mobile phone operator Warid  is set to sell 70% stake in its company from its Abu Dhabi-based owners and regulators to one of the India’s leading telco Bharti Airtel. An approval
from the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission for the sale has been sought by the Dhabi Group, which fully owns Warid.
With the [...]

December 10, 2009

Etisalat mulling over Iraq’s telecom option, to decide by year en

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The second-largest Arab telecom operator by market value, Emirates Telecommunications Corp, or Etisalat said that it will decide whether to bid for a licence or buy a stake in a local player in Iraq, by the end of 2009.
The company is holding talks with Korek Telecom of Iraq, to acquire 51% stake in the [...]

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