Etisalat launches attractive promotions for Businesses at Gitex 2011

• Offers one month rental waiver for new Xpress Connect and IPConnect customers;  more bandwidth at same cost for three months for existing IP Connect customers and “BusinessOne Super” customers
• AED 125 Cash Back on My Business Plan activations.
• 15{e1f18614b95d3cd6e4b3128e1cd15d99b042a60a5a19c19b7a8e07e7495efa10} off on the monthly rentals on the international port for three months for Global VPN new subscriptions
• Installation waivers for Managed WAN service, Remote access service, business messaging service including USSD service, Value SMS service
Etisalat Business Solutions today announced attractive promotions during Gitex Technology Week 2011, which will provide substantial savings on business connectivity and messaging services. Beginning during GITEX, most of these promotions will continue till the year end, offering a lucrative opportunity to businesses to subscribe to these services.
From a business connectivity perspective, Etisalat is offering a one month rental waiver for its Xpress Connect service. The Xpress Connect service provides a scalable Layer 2 Ethernet VPN service with Point -to-Point and point to multi-point connectivity. This promotion is valid for one month. For Global IPVPN all new subscriptions on A end and B end will be eligible for a 15{e1f18614b95d3cd6e4b3128e1cd15d99b042a60a5a19c19b7a8e07e7495efa10} discount on the UAE transfer port price only for a period of 3 months.   Etisalat is also offering a one month rental waiver for its IP Connect service. The service provides a scalable Layer 3 Ethernet VPN service with any to any connectivity, validity of promotion is one month.  Also, during Gitex, the IP Connect service will be made available to existing customers with more bandwidth but at the same price, effectively valid for 3 months.
Etisalat is also offering savings on its BusinessOne Super and My Business Plan packages. New customers subscribing for BusinessOne Super can enjoy discounted rental for the first three months, and existing BusinessOne Super customers can avail more bandwidth at the same cost for three months. Etisalat is also offering attractive cash back of AED 125 on My Business Plan activations.
From a Business Messaging perspective, Etisalat is waiving off the one time installation charges worth AED 3000 for its interactive QuickServe service.  Based on USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Services Data) platform, QuickServe is an ‘instant messaging type’ phone service that allows a customer to initiate and access information from any mobile handset by typing a simple star-hash (*#) command. This promotion is valid for one month.
Besides this, Etisalat is also waiving off the one time connection fee of AED 5000 and one month rental of AED 2400 for its value SMS service. Businesses subscribing for Value SMS service in the next one month will be able to avail this offer.
For Managed Services, Etisalat is also waiving one time installation charges for Managed WAN Service and Managed Remote access service that can be availed by customers till the end of the year and January 8, 2012, respectively.
Etisalat is also launching a ”90 days free subscription” promotion on its Shared Web Hosting service, targeting SMB and Consumers. Subscribers will be entitled to additional three (3) months subscription at no extra cost after signing twelve (12) months contract.