Mobily has announced that they have extended their 3G coverage in Saudi Arabia. From AME info:
Saudi Arabia’s Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily) has said it has added a number of the kingdom’s Northern Province’s cities and villages to its advanced 3G network (3.5G and 3.75G) coverage. This latest addition brings to 326 the total number of cities and villages which come under Mobily’s 3.5G and 3.75G coverage.
I just came back from Jeddah and the Mobily 3G connection there was horrible: 3G isn’t working in many areas, HSDPA speed is horrible (less than 100kbps down according to speedtest.net iPhone app) and Mobily connect card can’t even connect for some reason.
STC is just as horrible with the dropped calls and horrible 902 services. Maybe it’s me or maybe it’s the weather? Who knows.
I was also at KAUST (King Abdullah University for Science and Technology) and you would expect that area, which is near Rabigh, to have priority coverage over certain villages (with respect), but sadly thats not the case. Mobily (dis)Connect keeps disconnecting all the time, either its 3G or not.
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Khaled A. Reply:
August 11th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Could the humidity effect the connection somehow
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Khaled,
I believe humidity actually helps improve reception!
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thanks
I was also at the KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) and can be expected that the area which is near Rabigh, have on the coverage of a particular village (in comparison), but unfortunately not the case. Mobilya (dis) Connect keeps off all the time, or 3G, or not.
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hi muhammad!
how u doing?
well can u plz tell me what is the maximum coverage of 2.5G network tower distance based from host(mobile tower)
and 3.5G network max range from host?
regards
droop me reply at
zabishah20@hotmail.com
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