Etisalat Showcases New Products at West Africa Telecom Exhibition

Lagos May 14th, 2009

Nigeria’s most innovative GSM network service provider, Etisalat, today in Lagos announced a wide reaching network roll out plan that will see it increasing its network coverage to over hundreds more cities, towns, villages and other areas across Nigeria by the end of October this year.

Chief Marketing Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Wael Ammar, said visitors to the Etisalat stand would get up-to-date information on easy cliq as well as the company’s other innovative products and services. In addition, they will have the opportunity of going home with various corporate gift items that would make their visits memorable.

According to Ammar, “the exhibition will provide a unique occasion for Etisalat Nigeria to showcase its quality product offerings and services particularly the newly unveiled Easy Cliq targeted at the young and the young at heart in the country. Easy cliq has services such as Unlimited SMS, Free Midnight Calls, Talk’n’share, Bonus on incoming calls, one cliq, one tune, Facebook update service by SMS and Cliq Ring Back Tune. The exhibition will also provide our subscribers with the opportunity to get professional advice on Etisalat products and services as well as promote Etisalat Value added services.”

Ammar added that WAFRITEL presents a viable opportunity for Etisalat subscribers and the general public to interact one-on-one with Etisalat staff in an informal setting. “We are at WAFRITEL to strengthen the existing cordial relationships between us and our subscribers. We welcome both new and existing customers because our stand is open to everyone for the duration of this exhibition,” Ammar said.

WAFRITEL, the biggest gathering of stakeholders in the telecommunications sector in West Africa, has become the region’s premier telecommunications event. Telecommunications service providers and operators, vendors, professionals and high net-worth corporate and individuals in the West African region are expected to congregate in their thousands in Lagos Nigeria in June for the ninth W.Afri.Tel Exhibition. It is also expected to attract regulatory and governmental officials

Annually, WAFRITEL brings together thousands of visitors and at least 50 exhibitors showcasing telecommunications technology, mobile telephone services, service providers, satellite communication, information communication technology and allied industries.

About Etisalat
Fast rising on the Financial Times’ top 500 corporations in the world, Etisalat is the largest telecommunication services provider in Africa and the Middle East and serves a growing aggregate of 74 million subscribers across Africa, Middle East and Asia. The innovative GSM provider, which is the fastest growing mobile telecommunications company in the world, launched its innovative product, easy starter, in the Nigerian market in October 2008. Easy starter offers unique features such as Receiver Pays, homezone, Missed Call Notification and Recharge Others.