Etisalat bolsters LTE plans with Huawei agreement

Etisalat and Huawei today announced the signing of a commercial LTE contract to commence deployment of the region’s widest LTE network in the UAE. Nasser bin Obood acting CEO of Etisalat UAE, and Yi Xiang, president for Huawei Middle East, witnessed the signing ceremony at the Etisalat-Huawei Summit 2011 in Barcelona last week.

Etisalat has already tested and deployed LTE technology in the UAE.

Last week Etisalat also signed an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent for a planned deployment of LTE in the UAE, with a commercial launch commencing in the months to come.