ETIHAD Etisalat (Mobily) subsidiary Bayanat Al Oula plans to deliver optical fiber services (FTTx) to 250,000 buildings and cover 800,000 residential and commercial units in different parts of the Kingdom by the end of 2016. Bayant Al Oula, which owns the most advanced optical fibers network in the region, said “these networks reaching a number of houses and commercial complexes in major cities that have been already covered under the initial plan has greatly contributed to the provision of highly dependable and reliable services”. Bayanat also noted that the pace of expansion for these projects is going according to scheduled plans. At present, Bayanat Al Oula owns 33 percent of the national optical fibers network, raising Mobily's share to 66 percent in the largest project of its kind which covers more than 14,000 kilometers - crossing the Kingdom's regions through seven rings which connect major cities. Mobily's COO Abdulaziz Al Tammami, said Mobily and Bayanat Al Oula's control over the optical fibers network, in general, will enhance the company's investments in data services and smart network content services; and will ensure additional revenues for the company - in addition to maintaining its leadership in the telecom sector in the field of data and application services. Baynat Al Oula is working on completing and accomplishing a number of projects with the real estate sector and governmental agencies, while at the same time is signing a number of exclusive contracts for the implementation of smart infrastructures for giant projects, alongside connecting companies with their branches via optical fibers. Mobily's optical fiber infrastructure has significantly contributed to data passage from the East to the West across the globe via land and sea cables which Mobily had previously signed on with a number of international companies in a number of countries. Bayanat Al Oula had signed a SR400 million worth of contract for the establishment of an advanced FTTX in the cities to strengthen the company's investments in the smart content services which it offers, in addition to providing quality services to both the consumer and business sectors not to mention governmental agencies.
