As growth slows in mature wireless markets, many of the big wireless firms are making acquisitions in emerging markets where wireless phone usage is soaring. U.K.-based Vodafone recently gained control of South African operator Vodacom. In addition, Japan's NTT DoCoMo, Norway's Telenor and United Arab Emirates-based Etisalat, all recently acquired assets in India. &nb...

TeleGeograhy reports, via AMEinfo, that UAE Operator “Etisalat” will upgrade it’s Mobile network to HSPDA+ next year, enabling speeds of …. wait for it …. up to 42 Mbps! Oh my gosh, how fast is that going to be! Surely that will toast some devices The estimated 2.2 million users will get some serious

UAE based mobile operator, Etisalat has confirmed that it is planning an upgrade of its network to support HSPA+ services.

UAE based Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) has confirmed that it is still in talks to take a stake in an Iraqi mobile operator, and that the company is looking forward to "very positive" financial results for the third quarter.

Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion has announced that telecom provider Etisalat in the UAE, is to launch Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Bold smartphone on October the 7th 2008 in the Middle East. The BlackBerry Bold is one of the latest smartphones from Research In Motion and features a next generation 624MHz mobile processor. Etisalat will apparently have

Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) is reported to be in talks to acquire an Iraqi mobile operator by the end of this year.

Huawei has signed a contract with Egyptian telecom operator, Etisalat Misr, for the expansion of the country’s third mobile network in Egypt.

Huawei, the giant Chinese telecommunications company based in Shenzhen, announced that it was selected by Etisalat Misr, one of Egypt's three mobile carriers, to expand and enhance its GSM / 3.75G network. Following the new agreement between the two companies, Huawei will deploy an end-to-end network solution that allows Etisalat to improve its coverage quality and offer services to more...

[Cairo, Egypt – 10 September 2008] Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunication solutions for the operators around the world, announced that it has signed a contract with Egyptian telecom operator, Etisalat Misr, for the expansion of the country’s third mobile network in Egypt. Under this contract Huawei will provide the cost-effective and evo...

There seem to be two Operators here in Dubai (DU and Etisalat) and while both offer voice service only Etisalat seems to have data. It took me a while to figure this out actually and for most of Monday I was convinced that my phone was dropping into some sort of limbo state when ...