Etisalat builds and operates its own fixed-line (fibre) and mobile network infrastructure in the UAE (Source).
United Arab Emirates
Valid from
Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
Founded in 1976 as the national telecommunications provider for the UAE under the name Emirates Telecommunications Corporation. By 2009 Etisalat completed a FTTH rollout (project named "eLite") covering 85% of households in Abu Dhabi, making Abu Dhabi the "first in the world fully fibre-connected capital" at that time. In 2018, Etisalat launched the first commercial 5G network in the MENA region (Source), (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Etisalat is not retail-only; because it also builds and operates infrastructure (network operator) (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Etisalat is not wholesale-only; it is not purely wholesale; it sells directly to end-users (residential and business) (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Etisalat is not business-only; it serves both residential consumers and business customers across fixed, mobile, enterprise and wholesale services (Source).