Etisalat and Cisco sign MoU

Etisalat and Cisco has collaborated to enhance each others business efficiency. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to map all strategic mutual objectives between them.

As per the agreement, the duo would explore opportunities to increase the level of Eitsalat's managed services business by optimizing the current process across all business solutions, reducing the time to market and aligning closer on key opportunities.

This initiative includes increasing Etisalat's potential market opportunity in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) segment.
Under the contract, Cisco would help to build a high-level strategic articulation and a comprehensive framework for cloud services based on the specific countries of presence for Etisalat.

It would also enhance Etisalat's customer satisfaction.
Besides, Cisco would extend technological support and market transformations capabilites and to harness new trends and translate them into new business opportunities.

Cisco would help provide Etisalat with leading products and services to build its next-generation IP network.

Etisalat will explore utilizing Cisco services to lower the total cost of network ownership, increase network availability, improve business agility and facilitate faster time to market. This includes exploring the group's wide deployment and utilization of Cisco Network Optimization Services.

The agreement facilitates Etisalat to identify optimal ways to acquire Cisco equipment and services through Cisco Capital, the financing arm of Cisco, which provides flexible and innovative financing across the region.