Etisalat plans acquisitions in six Mena markets

Etisalat has announced at the Mobile World Congress, its plans to enter 'six possible markets which would involve both the acquisition of green-field licenses within markets with low penetration levels and industry consolidation' in the Mena region. The UAE-based telecoms company has deployed fiber-optic networks in Sudan and also in the UAE, which will soon offer GPON connectivity to the home with a capacity of 10Gbps. Etisalat has also started the commercial trial of LTE, an important step towards 4G, eyeing to launch the services in UAE by the end of 2010.