Sunday, April 26, 2009

091207: Smart, UAE firm in remit tie-up

 By EMMIE V. ABADILLA

Leading United Arab Emirates (UAE.) telecommunications operator Etisalat is jointly developing a mobile international transfer service with Smart Communications Inc., headed by Napoleon L. Nazareno, President and CEO.

Etisalat offers both fixed and mobile phone services to over 4.5 million subscribers, with a penetration rate of almost 100 percent in the UAE.

It offers advanced mobile services including 3G, MMS, Push To Talk and BlackBerry and is deploying Next Generation Network facilities to offer its fixed line services. Internet and broadband penetration rate in the Emirates has grown to around 51 percent.

Recently, Smart and Etisalat signed their partnership at the GITEX Technology Week, an international technology trade exhibition held in Dubai.

The Etisalat service, to be offered first in the UAE, will use Smart Services Hub, a global financial and telecom model based on the Smart Money electronic wallet through which telcos and banks offer mobile phone-based remittances.

 

http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20070912102723.html

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