Etisalat Afghanistan is a newly established GSM operator in Afghanistan.
In May 2006 Telecommunications Corporation [Etisalat of the Unites Arab Emirates] signed an
agreement with Afghan authorities in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. to operate a GSM network across
Afghanistan and become the fourth GSM operator in the country.
Etisalat Afghanistan is 100% owned by Etisalat U.A.E. Etisalat UAE (the parent company) is the sixth
largest company in the Middle East and has subsidiaries in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African
Republic, Egypt, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Niger Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Togo, Tanzania, and Pakistan.