Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) announced its award of two contracts worth SAR 450 million ($ 120 million) for the construction and rollout of its long term evolved (LTE) infrastructure in several of cities and regions in the Kingdom, making it the first operator to embrace LTE.
Mobily made the announcement on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, adding that the contracts signed with the world’s two infrastructure giants Samsung and Huawei are for the commissioning of its networks in 30 plus cities and an upgrade of Bayanat Al Oula’s existing WiMAX infrastructure which will make it largest LTE network in the region.