UAE-based telecom operator Emirates Telecommunications (Etisalat) plans to invest $1.36 billion in its optic fibre network over the next two years.

UAE-based telecom operator Emirates Telecommunications (Etisalat) plans to invest $1.36 billion in its optic fibre network over the next two years. The company intends to take its optic fibre network coverage from 60 per cent of the country at present to 90 per cent by 2011. The government has also approved plans for Etisalat’s optic fibre network to be used by other operators on a commercial basis.