Aiming to enhance shopping experience and leisure time for all visitors, Red Sea Mall and Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) have teamed up to provide a Wi-Fi Internet for everyone in the mall, free of charge. This marks the “first mall ever” in the Kingdom to implement a free wide range Internet access service. This new hotspot is among 800 similar wide-range Internet accesses implemented and operated exclusively by Mobily.

The wide area service coverage is made possible through 45 access points within the mall with a broadband speed up to 10Mbps, flexible to rise upon increase in usage.

Mohammad Alawi, CEO of Red Sea Markets Company Ltd., the operator of Red Sea Mall, stated that this network is a value added service for the visitors and shoppers. He added that surprises and rewards are to be expected for the customers’ loyalty, which in its turn will enhance their experience by far to make the best out of their leisure time.

“We want everyone in Red Sea Mall to be connected to the world uninterruptedly. Such an important initiative clearly embodies our commitment as a national pioneer” Alawi stated.

Alaa Al-Malki, acting CEO-mobile networks at Mobily, stated: “We always look forward to adapt the technology to serve citizens and residents in the Kingdom based on the strong infrastructure equipped with the latest technologies in the world of communications and extensive experience in covering the crowded places, and Mobily’s excellent coverage of the holy sites and the central region during the annual Haj is the best proof.”

Al-Malki added: “Red Sea Mall is one of the biggest shopping malls in the Kingdom and Mobily is pleased to have inaugurated this initiative for the popularity and fame this mall persists in the Western Province, and across the Kingdom.”