Subscribing to Wasel just got easier and more affordable

No more renewal fees for Wasel prepaid line!

We have listened to feedback from our customers and we are pleased to launch “free lifetime validity” for all our Wasel customers.


FREE lifetime validity – no need to renew your Wasel account again

Now you can keep your Wasel subscription without having to pay to renew again. Your free lifetime validity will be applied automatically and you don’t need to subscribe. All you need to do to keep the benefit is make one charged call or send an SMS from your Wasel accounts within three months.

Details:

• Lifetime validity is completely free of charge. Wasel customers do not have to subscribe or pay any additional fee to benefit from this offer.
• This free lifetime validity will be applied automatically to all active Wasel customers and you should receive an SMS to confirm.
• To keep enjoying this lifetime validity benefit, just make one charged SMS or call during a 3 month period. If not you won’t receive the free lifetime validity, but you can benefit again if you simply start using your line again.
• You will continue to enjoy the same rates on your chosen tariff plan with no change, only the renewal fee is waived.
• If you are a new Wasel subscriber from 1st August 2011 you will automatically be granted the lifetime validity upon activation.

To check you have received the lifetime validity dial *121#

You will receive an SMS to let you know you have received the free lifetime validity. Alternatively you can dial *121# to check your balance – they will notice that the validity is now set to 2037 which indicates that your account has been granted lifetime validity.

Eligibility:

This feature is available to all active prepaid subscribers but excludes customers who have not used their account for the last 3 months.

To retain this feature you must make one charged SMS or call during a 3 months’ period If you stop using your account for 3 consecutive months, your account will be downgraded to the normal Wasel renewal cycle. If you continue not to use your account, they will need to pay the renewal charge of AED 50 to activate your line again at the renewal phase.

Where are you going this summer? How will you keep in touch?

The summer travel season is here and we know you need to keep in touch wherever your travels take you. We have some fabulous summer offers to keep you connected while you travel, but first a question! How do you keep in touch during your summer travels? Let us know on Twitter @EtisalatUAE or tick your favourite in our Facebook poll at facebook.com/etisalat.

We have three special summer travel offers, so whether you use a BlackBerry or mobile internet on another smartphone you can keep in touch with family and friends. Perhaps you prefer to make call and hear familiar voices? We have a voice roaming packages to cuts the cost of both incoming and outgoing calls. Just choose the package the works best for you.

BlackBerry® roaming for as little as AED 99

You can take your BlackBerry social package with you around the world this summer for just AED99 each month. No need to miss out on your social connections when you are travelling. Or, if you prefer email, you can subscribe to Etisalat BlackBerry® Global Email for just AED 149 a month. Either way you can share your travel news with the people who matter to you all summer long.

To subscribe to our summer roaming offers
• SMS GS99 to 1010 for Global Social
• SMS GE149 to 1010 for Global Email

Both offers are available for prepaid and postpaid customers; purchase before September 30, 2011.

More details are available by phone at 800 77 666


Pack the Internet wherever you go. Save up to 50% with the new mobile data roaming packs

If you prefer to travel with a 3G smartphone our new daily global data pack costs just AED 95 for 6 MB. At these rates you can afford to check your favourite websites, update your social sites, manage your email and share your news with family and friends no matter where your travels take you.

Subscribe to daily global data by dialing *177# or sending SMS purchase code R DG to 1010 from UAE or abroad. You can repurchase the pack when you use it up or it expires. In addition we have a new flat rate for data roaming. AED 1 for postpaid and AED 1.5 for prepaid for every 30KB across the world. More information on our data roaming packages is available by calling 800 2300

Special roaming packages for calls mean you have more holiday money to spend

Our summer voice roaming offers give you discounts up to 78% on your roaming incoming calls as well as a special discount of up to 30% on outgoing voice roaming calls to the UAE.

To purchase our roaming calls packages please dial *177# or visit etisalat.ae/summeroffers to find the SMS codes for all our summer offers.

So that's three great offer to help you pack for your travels and stay in touch this summer.

Which one will you choose?

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CLARIFICATION

Abu Dhabi, 12 June. 2011:

Etisalat held an LTE Media Seminar on 9th June 2011, following which there were several announcements in the media about the launch of LTE services in the UAE. In reference to these announcements, Etisalat would like to clarify that the Corporation is in talks with a number of manufacturers to bring the latest LTE-compatible devices to the UAE – including USB dongles, modems and mobile devices – whenever they become available from the manufacturer, after Etisalat’s official launch of LTE in Q3, 2011.

At no point did Etisalat confirm that any new iPhone device will be launched in 2011.

It's here! The white iPhone 4 has arrived

The new white iPhone includes all the great features of iPhone 4 in a stylish white casing.

iPhone 4 Features

• Retina display with 960-by-640 resolution

• Highest resolution display ever built into a phone

• Multitasking

• HD video recording and Editing

• Dual-mic noise suppression

• Apple A4 chip

• Voice Control

The iPhone 4 is available to all our customers with a range of packages to suit your needs. Whether you are a postpaid contract customer or prefer the value and flexibility of a prepaid Wasel account find the right package for you here in our comparison table.

Packages and prices

iPhone 4 packages are available at our business centres and outlets across the UAE.

Full details of subscriptions and the documentation needed for postpaid contracts is on our main website at www.etisalat.ae/iPhone

Huge discounts on our best selling BlackBerry smartphones

Our most popular BlackBerry^® smartphones discounted up to 100%

We know how much you love the convenience and style that comes with a BlackBerry^®smartphone. Easy typing, quick messaging and all your friends and business contact just a few keystrokes away. BlackBerry gives you a whole office in your pocket and now we have discounted a great line-up of smartphones, adding even more value to our exclusive Unlimited Domestic BlackBerry^® package.

The BlackBerry^® Bold™ 9780, BlackBerry^® Torch™ 9800, or the BlackBerry^® Curve™ 9300 are now available on this plan for a small down payment, and the BlackBerry^® Curve™ 8520 is FREE when you subscribe to the Unlimited Domestic package, exclusively from Etisalat.

Our Unlimited Domestic package costs just AED185 per month. You get unlimited BlackBerry^® use, internet access, your favourite social networking sites, instant messaging and email for just AED185 each month AND you get to take home a shiny new BlackBerry^® smartphone. If you need to stay connected while travelling outside the UAE you can enable our roaming services (additional costs will be charged by our roaming partners overseas)

Get your new BlackBerry^® by subscribing to a 12 month contract for our exclusive Unlimited Domestic package and stay in touch wherever you are!

Terms and Conditions

1. Offer available for postpaid customers who sign up on 12 month contract

2. Offer for BIS service available only on Unlimited Domestic package (AED 185 / month)

3. Offer for BES service available on Unlimited Domestic (AED 185 / month) or Unlimited Global (AED 295 / month)

4. Not eligible for My Plan and My Business Plan customers on 12 months contract (Device contract)

5. Only one time upgrade from Domestic Unlimited to Global Unlimited is allowed; if you wish to downgrade during your 12 month contract persiod exit charges will apply

6. All customers must sign the “Mobile Phone Service” form, section 2.6 with the text below written by hand:

BlackBerry Unlimited Domestic 12 months plan (Exit Charges apply)

More WWE entertainment on eLife Pay Per View

For wrestling fans we are bringing WWE 'Over The Limit' live from Seattle on May the 23rd. You can watch the whole show live on eLife channel # 436 at 4am.

Replays will be shown at 9:00am, 1:00pm, 5:00pm, 9:00pm and 1:00am. Then from May 24th to June 5th replays will be shown at 6:00am, 10:00am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm, 10:00pm and 2:00am

Subscribe now for our special early bird rates. Only AED50 if you subscribe before May 21st

Regular price subscriptions AED 70 from May 22nd to June 4th.

Phone 101 to subscribe now and catch WWE action at early bird rates.

A world of sports and entertainment with eLife

Etisalat eLife brings the world’s best sports and entertainment right into your home, so you can watch and enjoy events and spectacles from around the world, live as they happen.

International Boxing

The year’s biggest boxing event comes to eLife on May the 8th. The World Welterweight championship fight between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Shane Mosley will be telecast live from Las Vegas. Pacquiao will battle to defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) belt against American challenger and four time world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley over 12-rounds at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tickets for this fight sold out 3 weeks before the event. Pacquiao is an eight-division world champion and the first boxer in history to win ten world titles. (He is also a Congressman in his native Phillipines!) He is favoured to beat his veteran opponent Mosley who has never been knocked out, however Mosley has home crowd support and the advantage of being the bigger, heavier boxer. Although some say Mosley is past his prime his experience and weight will surely count against the smaller, equally aggressive Pacquiao.

The fight will be shown live on eLife Pay Per View channel 436 on May 8th at 5am with replays at 10am, 3pm and 8pm the same day. Call 101 now to order this event for AED75 and enjoy the best of international sport with eLife.

WWE Wrestling

We are bringing the entertainment of WWE Extreme Rules wrestling to eLife on May 2nd. You can watch the WWE superstars live at 4am on May 2nd on Pay Per View channel 436 with replays at 9:00am, 1:00pm, 5:00pm, 9:00pm, 1:00am. Then you can watch again from May 3rd to May 15th at 6:00am, 10:00am, 2:00pm, 6:00pm, 10:00pm, 2:00am. Phone 101 to book this event and watch it at home whenever you like for AED70.