Etisalat Mobile Services Were Disrupted For 90 Minutes Today Due To A Technical Glitch
At about 1pm on Friday, Etisalat users starting noticing issues with the network. It was first noticed in Sharjah. There was a technical issue on the mobile network, engineers at Etisalat worked to fix the problem in ‘record’ time. Service was resumed in some areas of the UAE immediately, while others took up to 90 minutes. The Du network was not effected.
People started tweeting about it… they must have had WIFI
@etisalat your network is down in Sharjah. cc @TheUAETRA
— سلطان سعود القاسمي (@SultanAlQassemi) January 27, 2017
Shit there’s no signal in etisalat’s phones? How am I gonna receive all my 0 incoming calls :)!!!!
— 666 (@MayedMAbdullah) January 27, 2017
How come my phone says no service? @Etisalat_Care
— Hana✨ (@HJHA279) January 27, 2017
Tell me whats NOT wrong with Etisalat https://t.co/pJHgb5wvyx
— نٌ (@Chai9amon) January 27, 2017
The bug was in the mobile network only
هناك خلل في شبكة الهواتف المتحركة في بعض المناطق وجاري العمل على إصلاحه بأسرع وقت
— #قدام_يالأبيض (@etisalat) January 27, 2017
Etisalat were forced to carry out urgent updates
#Urgent – Etisalat announces it is carrying out updates that cause partial disconnections of telephone services in the country.
— الشارقة24 (@sharjah24) January 27, 2017
Their technical team repaired the issue in record time and normal service was restored
تحديث: قامت الفرق الفنية بإصلاح الخلل الفني الذي شاب شبكة الهواتف المحمولة في بعض المناطق بالدولة، وعادت الخدمة الى طبيعتها.
— #قدام_يالأبيض (@etisalat) January 27, 2017