Etisalat, a UAE-based telecom operator, is investing over AED 4b in 5G network base station deployment this year to stay ahead of its Middle Eastern competitors. Etisalat, which operates in 16 markets in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, is the first in the region to commercially offer 5G. "We have launched and broadcast a 5G network with more than 1,000 new base stations in the UAE. The number of base stations will increase from year to year, but it will take some time to cover 100% of the UAE," said Dr. Ahmed Bin Ali, senior vice president of corporate communications. from Etisalat Group to TechRadar in the Middle East after introducing the Mate 20 X 5G device. At present, he said that Etisalat was focusing more on the populated areas of the United Arab Emirates, but the 5G journey had started in 2014 and had installed the first 5G base station in the Middle East. East, Africa and Southeast Asia at the Expo 2020 site in Dubai last May. year. It is also the first regional operator to provide 5G coverage at an Abu Dhabi airport and launches a 5G smartphone.
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About 20 times faster than 4G and with extremely low latency, from one millisecond to 15-20 milliseconds on 4G network, he said 5G technology would allow users to stream live 4K resolution video. Anywhere, anytime, with almost no delay. With the introduction of 5G in the United Arab Emirates, Sukhdev Singh, chief executive of research and consulting service provider Kantar, said service providers would look at new business growth prospects that could be further driven by the United States. Business solutions, at least to start with. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report, 60 million 5G subscribers are expected by the end of 2024 in the Middle East and North Africa region, or 3% of the 1.9 billion. Global mobile subscriptions. Etisalat had signed agreements with Ericsson and Huawei to deploy 5G networks in the United Arab Emirates. Bin Ali said that the current speed of 5G was about 1 GHz in the United Arab Emirates, but it would increase faster next year. David Wang, national director of Huawei's consumer group in the UAE, said Huawei had started to develop 5G technologies and had invested heavily in 5G development through its offerings. Devices, networks and chipsets. This allowed Huawei to collect various patents in synergy with its smartphones, facilitating rapid iterations to improve 5G experiments, he said. According to IPlytics, a licensed patent data company, Huawei owns 15.05% of the world's 5G patents, followed by Nokia with 13.82%, Samsung with 12.74% and LG with 12.34%.Huawei sells 100 million devices in just 149 days.
(Image credit: Techradar staff) According to Mr. Wang, Huawei's global shipments reached 100 million in just 149 days this year and it took 198 days to achieve the same result in 2018. It took 254 days in 2017, 287 days in 2016 and 355 days in 2015 to reach the 100 meter bar. In addition, he said the Mate 20 X 5G dual SIM device supports NSA (Non-Standalone) and SA (Standalone) architectures for a smooth transition of the evolving 5G network. The device will be available at Etisalat stores from July 12 at a price of AED 3,699 including 5% tax, before the official launch on July 18.