Etisalat and Alcatel-Lucent ink femtocell deal

The UAE’s Etisalat announced the deployment of the first femtocell live project in the country, provided by Alcatel-Lucent. Etisalat’s customers will benefit from an enhanced quality of mobile broadband connectivity in remote areas of the UAE, and in high traffic locations that require higher mobile broadband bandwidth. Etisalat is targeting the commercial launch of the technology within the UAE following the initial testing.