With network coverage of 27 provinces, the company claims to have invested USD300 million in the country to date. Kheyal Mohammed, head of the Afghan telecommunications and information technology committee, said: ‘The telecommunications sector of Afghanistan needed a strong player such as Etisalat. Etisalat Afghanistan has been worthy of our confidence.

 

 Etisalat has managed to accomplish in a short period of time what took other operators years to achieve. Now we see that the company’s network has reached approximately 90% of Afghanistan, despite the security issues and geographical conditions’. Without giving details Etisalat said its Afghani operation tripled revenues in 2009.

 

 According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Etisalat competes with Afghan Wireless Communications Company, MTN Afghanistan and Telecom Development Company Afghanistan (Roshan).