Etisalat UAE doubles download speeds

Etisalat, the larger of the two fixed and mobile operators active in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), says it has doubled peak download speeds on its residential and business internet services. ‘eLife Unlimited’ plans for home users have seen the entry-level package raised from 50Mbps to 100Mbps, at no additional cost, while the top-tier service has seen download speeds raised from 250Mbps to 500Mbps. The ‘Business Quick Start’ and ‘Business in a Box’ plans have also seen download rates doubled, to a maximum of 600Mbps. Etisalat UAE claimed 1.16 million broadband internet subscribers at the end of September 2018, according to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database.