Etisalat has announced it is to cut the price of its broadband subscriptions.
The cuts of up to 46% for the Al Shamil home connection service are being brought in to accelerate the UAE’s broadband take, according to the telecom company.
Customers previously paying Dh450 per month for 1mb broadband under the old structure will now find their bill drops to Dh249. The price for a 512kb connection will drop from Dh250 to Dh189. [1Mb drops to Dh249 from Dh450, and 2Mb drops to Dh349 from Dh650]
The price cut is intended to ensure a total of at least 100,000 home-user broadband accounts by the end of the year said Abdulla Hashim, Senior Manager E-Company.
He said there will also be incentives for new subscribers worth up to 1,777dhs, including Siemens modem at 50% of market price.
The price-cut follows the announcement last week of a free upgrade in bandwidth for existing customers.
We've ordered but have yet to have our Al Shamil installed but this seems to be good news for the UAE. Now more people can afford broadband and more people can afford faster broadband. Or perhaps this is just a way of smoothing over all the upset feelings over the performance issues ;-)
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EIM is actually getting better.
I had to apply twice for Al Shamil. The first time, it took the technician about 7 months to pass by. Too bad i had to tell him thanks but no thanks cause i was already moving out to a new crib.
The second time around was a bit better ... only 4 weeks and i was online baby yaay!
So, there you go, Etisalat is upgrading its services ;)
It's about time!
Dont know, but secretdubai will surely be discussed at this event!!1
Arab, world media meet in Dubai from Dec 5
By a staff reporter
11 September 2005
DUBAI - A host of issues, including the ethical dilemmas faced by journalists, will be discussed at the two-day Arab and World Media Conference scheduled to be held under the Arab Thought Foundation and the Dubai Press Club at Madinat Jumeirah from December 5.
Mohamed Al Mansoori, Executive Director of the Dubai Press Club, said: "Madinat Jumeirah is very well equipped to meet the quality and capacity criteria for hosting the Arab and World Media Conference, which is one of the leading events of the region. The importance of the event is evident from the list of prominent participants and delegates who have been invited to attend this year's conference.
"The Arab and World Media Conference will create a platform for media personalities, politicians and businessmen from around the world to objectively discuss and provide constructive solutions to the region's most critical issues," he added.
Serge Zaalof, Resort General Manager of Madinat Jumeirah, said: 'The conference will be held at the Convention Hall which is ideal replete with all facilities to host such a major event. It has the main convention hall, a smaller hall and separate rooms for meetings. We are delighted to participate in this reputed event and will deliver our best to ensure the success of the event."
The forum will highlight issues such as media and the political reform in the Arab World, technology, censorship, propaganda, and accuracy in reporting, Arab youth media, democracy in the Arab world and some of the ethical dilemmas faced by journalists.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/September/theuae_September345.xml§ion=theuae&col=
Dont know, but secretdubai will surely be discussed at this event!!1
Lol! Maybe I should offer my services as a speaker.
They'll doubtless get some boring old fart who hasn't reallyu got a clue what blogging actually is, and confuses forums and instant messaging and home pages and god knows what else.
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