Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) registered a new world record when its giant LTE network broke through terabytes a day in terms of the volume of data transmission, the company said.

The new record comes to exceed the data volume that was registered over the company’s 4G network, which was commercially launched recently.

Mobily said the new record was registered in a short period of time thanks to the huge coverage of its LTE network and the state-of-the-art infrastructure.

Mobily’s terabytes achievement will be internationally recognized when Huawei, a major global company providing next generation telecommunications networks, honors Mobily during the Mobile World Congress that will be held in Barcelona.

“Achieving this volume of data came in parallel with delivering the highest standards of quality in customers products and services. Mobily is committed to maintain its leadership in data and to develop its infrastructure,” said Mobily CEO Khalid Omar Al-Kaf.

He added: “We believe that growth sustainability comes with the right vision and our GED strategy drives Mobily to continue on the right track.

Al-Kaf highlighted the importance of adopting with the telecom sector transformation by creating new methodologies and techniques.

He added that Mobily is working by its extreme capacity to be a leading and innovative company in its products, solutions and customers’ experience.

Mobily was the first telecom company in the MENA to launch the TD-LTE commercially before the company announced another global achievement as it signed G data roaming agreements.

Mobily’s LTE network covers now more than, sites through its data subsidiary Bayanat Al-Oula.

In January, the company awarded SR 9 million to Ericsson and Huawei to expand and upgrade Mobily 4G and LTE network across the Kingdom.