Etisalat operate across 16 different countries, with an extensive presence in the MENA region including UAE, Saudi ArabiaPakistan, Afghanistan and Egypt. TowerXchange spoke to Etisalat International’s Group CTO, Hatem Bamatraf, to find out more about plans for their MENA opcos, Etisalat’s current take on selling towers and network sharing and what partnerships and products they’re looking to deploy in order to boost efficiency across the region.
TowerXchange: Please introduce Etisalat’s global footprint and tell us about your opcos worldwide. Can you give us a picture of how far each opco is in terms of technology rollout?
Hatem Bamatraf, CTO, Etisalat International:
We operate in 16 countries across the region with approximately 145 million subscribers.
