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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
25.11.2009: Etisalat Celebrated 38 UAE National Day
Etisalat celebrates the 38th national day around the country.
In major business centres across the country, festivities celebrating the 38th UAE National day have taken place.
In an extravagant set up, the Abu Dhabi Regional Office, celebrated with ballon displays and the flag hoisting ceremony outside the building, with decorations and demonstrations of traditional wares that continued inside.
Honorary guest from the top management of Etisalat, lead by His Excellency Mohamed Omran, Chairman of Etisalat and Acting CEO, Nasser bin Obood, enjoyed the celebrations and speech given by their host, Abu Dhabi General Manager, Jamal Al Nuaimi.
In his speech Mr. Al Nuaimi spoke not only of his pride in being part of a great nation like the UAE and also of being a member in the greatest of companies as an employee of Etisalat. He also talked about on the long and interactive relationship both have in development and expansion as a country and as a global entity.
25.11.2009: Digital Home with Etisalat
Experience ‘Digital Home’ with Etisalat’s eLife
Exclusive display at the Mall of Emirates demonstrates advanced digital home
solutions to customers
Dubai, Wednesday November 25, 2009: In line with its promise of bringing the
most advanced technology applications to the UAE;
Etisalat is showcasing the future of the digital home through its much
awaited eLife proposition. Currently being demonstrated at the Mall of the
Emirates in Dubai till 5th December, Etisalat customers can now experience a
live Digital Home supported by eLife, to realize the numerous capabilities and
unmatched potential of this offering.
Based on the advanced Fiber to the Home (FTTH) technology, eLife will provide
high speed broadband Internet that will enable customers to enjoy multiple high
bandwidth applications like Internet TV, online gaming and much more. Etisalat
also aims to integrate these applications, to offer a single interface for
landline, Internet and Television based services, providing a truly converged
digital home experience to its customers. Etisalat currently connects over
500,000 homes in the UAE through FTTH.
In the first such ever showcase to the customers,
Etisalat will conduct demo tours at the
eLife stand that provides live simulation of customer’s homes. The tour will
showcase how a customer premise, once connected through eLife becomes a
converged digital home.
The living room showcases many upcoming innovations like the IPTV service on a
HDTV screen, the Multimedia phone and
high speed Internet streaming on laptop (Internet TV solution) while the
kitchenette demonstrates multimedia phone capabilities with touch screen and
handset and Wi-Fi radio. A simulated ‘’Teens Room’ has also been created for
youngsters displaying online games with several games like Halo War.
In an especially designed spaceship like experimental download zone, customers
will also be able to experience high speed music downloads, live streaming,
video downloads, social networks, lifestyle programs, and news streams.
Etisalat is also displaying the home office concept that showcases Web TV, HD
Phone, High speed Internet demonstration and Web radio. Besides an interesting
showcase of services, Etisalat stand will also offer multiple opportunities to
customers to participate in games and raffle draws that will be conducted on the
stand every day.
Through this interactive road show, Etisalat aims to create awareness amongst
its customers on advanced products and services that can be derived through the
eLife’s holistic proposition. eLife, through high speed broadband Internet, has
the capability of opening infinite options for home entertainment such as high
definition (HD) video service, video on demand (VoD) and Online Gaming.
eLife is based on the FTTH technology connects all the services through a single
optical fiber, making it inexpensive, reliable and far simpler than the
traditional cable connectivity. Etisalat has already reached the final stage of
completion of the FTTH connectivity in Abu Dhabi, scheduled to be completed by
end of this year. With eLife connecting all the households in Abu Dhabi, the
city will become world's first 100% FTTH connected capital. Etisalat is also in
the process of connecting Dubai and Sharjah through eLife and aims to connect
the whole of UAE households by 2011.
Staff are encouraged to visit Etisalat eLife stand at the Mall of the Emirates,
South Galleria, from 26th November to 5th December.