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Emirates Telecommunication Corporation

Emirates Telecommunications Corp
مؤسسة الإمارات للاتصالات
Public
Traded as ADXEtisalat
Industry Telecommunication
Founded 5 October 1976 (1976-10-05)
Headquarters Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Area served
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Mauritania, Mali, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Niger, Central African Republic
Key people
Eissa Al Suwaidi (Chairman)
Saleh Al Abdooli (UAE operations & Group CEO)
Hatem Bamatraf (Chief Technology Officer, CTO)
Products Fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet services, digital television
Revenue IncreaseAED51.7 billion (2015)
IncreaseAED8.3 billion (2015)
Subsidiaries Thuraya, Mobily, Etisalat Sri Lanka, Maroc Telecom, ptcl, Etisalat Egypt, Mauritel, Sotelma
Website http://www.etisalat.ae
http://www.etisalat.com

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, branded trade name Etisalat (Arabic: اتصالات‎‎ ittiṣālāt, literally "communications"), is a multinational UAE based telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 17 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. As of February 2014, Etisalat is the 14th largest mobile network operator in the world, with a total customer base of more than 167 million. Etisalat was named the most powerful company in the United Arab Emirates by Forbes Middle East in 2012.

On 31 December 2015, Etisalat reported consolidated revenue of AED51.7 billion and net profits of AED8.3 billion. The total market capitalization of the company currently is AED87.7 billion. It is one of the only two telecommunications service provider companies in the country, the other one being Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du).

Etisalat is one of the Internet hubs in the Middle East (AS8966), providing connectivity to other telecommunications operators in the region. It is also the largest carrier of international voice traffic in the Middle East and Africa and the 12th largest voice carrier in the world. As of October 2008, Etisalat has 510 roaming agreements covering 186 countries and enabling BlackBerry, 3G, GPRS and voice roaming. Etisalat operates Points of Presence (PoP) in New York, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and Singapore. In December 2011 Etisalat announced the commercial launch of Etisalat 4G LTE Network.


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