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