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UAE aims at 100 percent broadband penetration
by 2012
Tuesday May 17, 2011 11:57:39 PM,
WAM
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Abu Dhabi:
The UAE is striving to be the first country in the world to
achieve 100 percent broadband penetration, by 2012, United Arab
Emirates's Minister for Economy Sultan Al Mansoori has said.
"The UAE telecom market is now seen as matured but that hasn't
stopped our telecom companies from investing in expanding their
coverage and product portfolio, while also generating substantial
profits," said Al Mansoori while speaking during the Abu Dhabi
Telecoms CEO Summit Monday.
"Mobile penetration rate in the UAE has crossed 200 per cent and
broadband penetration among households stood at 40 per cent in
2010," he added.
A study by Cisco last year, Al Mansoori noted, rated broadband
quality in the UAE in the top 10 in the world, ahead of most of
the developed countries.
An ambitious fibre-to-home technology currently being implemented
by Etisalat is said to be capable of making the UAE the first
country in the world to have 100 per cent broadband penetration by
2012.
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