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The UAE Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) was established in 2003 [1] to regulate the Information Communications and Telecommunications (ICT) sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to ensure sustainability, competitiveness and transparency among the service providers, [2] customers and shareholders.
Etisalat was founded in 1976 as a joint-stock company between International Aeradio Limited, a British Company, and local partners. In 1983, the ownership structure changed – United Arab Emirates government held a 60% share in the company and the remaining 40% were publicly traded.
From 1976 to 2006 the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) was the sole telephone and telecommunications provider for the UAE. [2] And while there were exceptions for free zones and modern housing developments, for the majority of the UAE, Etisalat held a monopoly on business and personal telecommunications services.
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( January 2021 ) In March 2015 the penetration rate was 167% over a population estimate of 2.05 millions.
Location of the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates is a country at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf.. The economy is the second largest in the Arab world (after Saudi Arabia), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$570 billion (DH 2.1 trillion) in 2014.
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Arabic: الجهاز القومي لتنظيم الإتصالات, Al-Gehaz Al-Qawmy l-Tanzeem Al-Etisalat), commonly known as NTRA, is the Egypt government-approved regulatory and competition authority that was established in accordance of the Egyptian telecommunication regulation law No. 10/ 2003 as the national Authority equipped to ...
The licence is valid for 25 years. [4] Etihad Etisalat began its constituent activities on 14 December 2004 upon the publication of its incorporation. [2] United Arab Emirates firm Etisalat holds a 27.45% stake in the company, the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) holds 11.85% [3] and the rest is held by other investors and by ...
Etisalat, an Abu Dhabi company was able to get the shares with a large margin in the bid. [12] In June 2005, Etisalat won the 26% of PTCL shares along with management control of the then telecom monopoly for US$2.6 billion. As of 2019, Etisalat has held back $800m amount over a property-transfer dispute with the Pakistani government. [13]