The company offers mobile services and is ranked number one in building the best networks in Afghanistan.
It acquires a customer’s base of more than 3.5 million active subscribers in less than three years since launch.
This follows an agreement signed by Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority Chairman Abdul Wakil Shergul and Etisalat’s Afghanistan CEO Ahmed Alhosani during a ceremony held at the Afghan Ministry of Communications & Information Technology office in Kabul.
Afghanistan’s CIT Minister Amir Zai Sangin, Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal and high-level government officials were also present.
Etisalat’s Afghanistan CEO said: “Today is an auspicious moment in the history of telecommunications in Afghanistan — one that calls for a celebration of a public-private partnership for connecting people and improving lives for many generations to come. We are proud to be the first to launch 3G services in Afghanistan as this will certainly spur a new era of advanced development in Afghanistan while positively impacting every aspect of people’s lives.”
He added: “The launch of the 3G by Etisalat marks an evolution in mobile communications and significant progress only made possible through a strong public-private partnership. We would like to congratulate Chairman ATRA Abdul Wakil Shergul and Amir Zai Sangin, Afghan minister of communications and IT, for their vision, which has led to achieving this important milestone as well for their continuous support provided to Etisalat to partner in the development of Afghanistan.”
Alhosani added: “Etisalat has always pioneered impressive series of telecommunications and industry first services and products in a challenging environment.”