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World's first commercial GSM/W-CDMA network: GSM/W-CDMA inter-system operations are the key...

On December 24, 2003 Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), one of the world's top 500 enterprises, officially announced its commercial operation of a nationwide W-CDMA network constructed by Huawei Technologies, the sole supplier of the network.

The cooperation made Etisalat the first W-CDMA operator in the Middle East to deliver W-CDMA services over a commercial network featuring interoperations between 2G and 3G systems.

Saleh Al Abdooli, general manager of Etisalat, pointed out that Huawei, with its advanced wireless technologies, customized

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