Developing Telecoms | New agreement to bring sustainable mobile broadband to UAE

23 May 2012

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New agreement to bring sustainable mobile broadband to UAE

Friday, 21 October 2011 10:31 | James Barton

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As global demand for Internet on-the-move services grows dramatically, together with the adoption of the latest smartphones and tablet devices, the need for operators to extend their wireless network coverage and capacity is also growing exponentially to cope with this demand.

A new agreement between UAE operator Etisalat and vendor Alcatel-Lucent will see the two firms jointly develop an efficient and sustainable means for delivering mobile broadband to customers, built around the Alcatel-Lucent lightRadio product family.

The lightRadio product family enables superfast speeds and high-quality delivery of applications to a variety of mobile devices, while reducing the size, complexity, cost and power consumption of mobile networks, making it a greener and more cost-effective solution for operators.

In joining the lightRadio co-creation program Etisalat will help define the commercial introduction of this new product family in the Middle East and in other markets, meeting its own subscribers' demands for innovative new mobile services while providing operators with a flexible path for business growth into the next decade.

Nasser bin Obood, Acting CEO- Etisalat said, "This agreement will allow us to shape the future of mobile networks and define how lightRadio can be best implemented to satisfy our customers growing demands."

"Our work with Etisalat and other major operators on the lightRadio co-creation program will provide us with a greater insight into how operators plan to implement this groundbreaking new technology in their networks," Nicholas Bouverot said.

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