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etisalat: UAE Internet users may experience degradation in Internet performance for one weekAbu Dhabi, 17 July 2006, Corporation to activate additional capacity to minimize effect etisalat today announced that Internet users in the UAE may experience a slight degradation in their Internet performance during peak hours starting from today, July 18th for around a week.
etisalat stated that this degradation in the internet performance is due to a planned shifting of three undersea cables (FLAG, SMW-3, SMW-4) off the coast of Fujairah due to the construction of a manmade island.

Ahmed Bin Ali, Manager Corporate Communications, etisalat said, "We are taking every precaution to minimize the impact on Internet performance in the UAE, and have kept our customers' interests as our top priority."

"The shifting of the three cables is being done in a phased manner. We will also be activating extra capacity during this period to minimize the impact of this operation“, he added.




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Press release issued by Corporate Communications Department – Etisalat
For further media information, please contact:
Engineer Ahmed Bin Ali, Manager Corporate Communications
Tel: 02 6182173
Fax: 02 6334448
prd@etisalat.ae
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