Cairo – Decypha: UAE is ranked first for the highest Fiber to the Home (FTTH) penetration in 2016 among all its global counterparts, with a penetration rate of 93.7%, according to the leading industry body FTTH Council.
UAE was shortlisted in the category of countries with a FTTH penetration of over 40 percent with only 11 countries in this category. Other countries’ penetration rate is: Qatar (87.9 percent), Singapore (85.4 percent), South Korea (79.8 percent), Hong Kong (73.7 percent) and Japan (53.9 percent).
“This achievement was only possible due to the long term vision of the UAE leadership of development and modernization. Etisalat has worked in line with this strategy investing more than AED 28 billion in the network infrastructure. This has led to the launch of innovative services meeting the growing demand and changing requirements of our customers across the country and making the capital the first city globally to be covered with a fiber optic network,” Saleh Al Abdooli, CEO, Etisalat Group.
“With network enhancement and expansion Etisalat has also focused on investing in innovation and next generation technologies and services. This is in line to provide the best customer experience to our subscriber base and position our UAE leadership on a global map in the ICT sector as well as other sectors,” added Al Abdooli.
Etisalat eLife customers now experience a high speed network at 1GBps enjoying the best in entertainment due to exclusive partnerships with leading TV entertainment international providers. eLife TV also includes the country’s widest portfolio of on-demand movies and TV series with 150 TV channels in High Definition.
