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Etisalat launches ‘Business Wifi’ for small and medium firms

ABU DHABI, August 4, 2015

Etisalat has launched its fully managed wireless connectivity solution – Business WiFi, to enable business customers, their employees and guests to have wireless access with high speed broadband. 
 
Mobile applications, growing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend within offices and the need for  internet access to drive customer footfall across retail and hospitality sectors continues to grow at a rapid pace, said a statement. 
 
Smartphones and tablets are poised to become the dominant tools of the business world, adding pressure on IT departments to ensure high availability of secured wireless access at all times, it said.
 
 At the same time it is essential to ensure that wireless access is enabled for guests and customers which is in compliance with regulatory standards.
 
Etisalat’s new Business WiFi is a cost-effective solution that will reduce upfront investments and deliver fully managed and secured wireless access for businesses – small, medium or large. 
 
It is a fully reliable infrastructure, which ensures scalability and reduces operational challenges, meeting the connectivity requirement of employees and customers mobilising within the business environment.
 
Salvador Anglada, chief business officer, Etisalat, said: “The changing competitive landscape in the UAE is not only increasing the demand for bandwidth and seamless connectivity, but also increasing security concerns for SMBs and large enterprises. 
 
"Keeping pace with the advances in enterprise mobility and access infrastructure technology is becoming difficult for IT departments to manage and support 24x7.
 
“To cater to this business need, and in compliance with the UAE’s regulatory requirement, we are excited to launch our new Business WiFi proposition, which is an operator class managed WiFi solution with segmented offers for businesses of all types and sizes. It is an end-to-end solution that offers fully automated 24X7 protection and requires minimum IT involvement, freeing up our customers to focus on their core businesses.”
 
Etisalat’s Business WiFi solution will offer bundled add-ons specifically focused on varying industry verticals such as hospitality, retail, banking, healthcare and government. 
 
It will provide 24x7x365 service from Etisalat’s Network Operations Center (NOC). 
 
The infrastructure will offer comprehensive service level agreement (SLA) supporting multiple vendor equipment. 
 
The service is PIAP (Public Internet Access Providers) compliant, meeting the telecom regulatory requirements of the UAE. - TradeArabia News Service



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