Monday, Mar 05, 2012
Gulf News
Abu Dhabi Etisalat won three international awards at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, last week.
Etisalat has been focusing on mHealth and mCommerce solutions that have a huge impact in emerging markets, where access to health care and banking services are limited, Eisa Al Haddad, chief commercial officer at Etisalat Group, said in a statement released by the company.
“Etisalat is committed to harnessing the power of mobile connectivity through innovation to develop products that change people’s lives for the better and help to accelerate social and economic development,” Al Haddad said.
Etisalat’s presence across developing countries in Africa provides an opportunity to transform people’s way of life with the introduction of communication services, Hasan Sandilla, telecom analyst for IDC Middle East, Turkey and Africa, said.
“For example, in Tanzania where etisalat first launched its Mobile Baby service, there has been a significant decline in baseline maternal mortality rates,” he said.
“Going forward, etisalat plans to roll out the Mobile Baby programme in various developing countries such as Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger and Gabon.
Sandilla said that in terms of technology, the UAE is on par with some of the developed countries.
“On the wireless network side, LTE [long term evolution] has already been deployed with mobile broadband trial speeds reaching up to 100 mbps,” he said.
By Samia Badih?Staff Reporter
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