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Batelco is Making Bahrain the Most Connected

Island in the World

Batelco announced that it has completely redesigned its Fiber packages to
offer higher speeds and boosted usage, which will see maximum speeds of
1Gbps and a minimum of 50Mbps, under the campaign slogan of “Batelco
is making Bahrain the most connected island in the world.” Batelco’s new
Fiber packages start from 50Mbps speed with 750GB usage, compared to
the previous 10Mbps, representing a significant boost in both speed and
usage for the entry package. Speeds of 250Mbps and 1Gbps have also been
introduced to the new Fiber packages range, both featuring unlimited usage.
The big news for many users who depend heavily on the Internet such as
gamers and content creators is that Batelco has increased the maximum
Fiber speed from 500Mbps to 1Gbps at a lower price than the previous top
package, from BD150 to BD125. Commenting on the new Fiber packages,
Batelco GM Consumer Division Maitham Abdulla said, “We are committed to
revolutionizing our offerings and making Bahrain the most connected island
in the world. The new Fiber packages will mark a new era of Fiber Internet and a maximum of 1Gbps, providing customers with an
experience at home.” “We are extremely excited to offer this new line-up unbeatable Fiber experience.” Batelco existing Fiber
of fast Internet packages to both our new and existing Fiber customers as customers will receive an SMS of the added benefits at
trends shift and customer expectations evolve. The team at Batelco worked no additional costs, as well as the planned migration
on creating the new Fiber packages range with a minimum speed of 50Mbps date.

Batelco Launches ‘Smart Property’ to Deliver a True Smart Living Experience

Property’ product, a 360-degree smart living solution
which features three main elements; Home Automation,
Property Management and Smart Energy, is designed
for a contemporary lifestyle, as it completely automates
a property, making it more appealing to tenants. Home
Automation embeds all the expected beneficial features
of a smart home, allowing users to operate and control
functions such as lighting and air conditioning, remotely or
through enabling timer-based operation of equipment and
devices, through an app. In the event that any equipment
fault occurs, tenants can use the Property Management
feature, which is a digital communication channel enabling
direct contact between the tenant and property manager,
helping to facilitate quick resolutions for any maintenance
issues. The Property Management App allows scheduling
of maintenance visits and access to data regarding
previous maintenance history of equipment. The Smart
Energy feature also plays an important role by helping to
monitor and control energy usage leading to cost savings,
and in initial tests carried out using AI analytics, energy
savings of around 20% have been recorded. Speaking on
the partnership, Elear Solutions CEO, Ashish Bajaj, said:
“Elear Solutions, a technology products company that
enables easier development of Edge Compute AI-driven
Batelco, in collaboration with Elear, has launched ‘Smart Property’, an Apps, Devices, and Services, is on a mission to simplify
IoT based home automation product that benefits property owners, the development of low latency digital services in the 5G
facility managers and tenants. Batelco is the first company in the GCC & IoT era. We are very excited to partner with Batelco as
region to launch this innovative product which is designed to enable our lead customer in the GCC region. Their vision with the
property owners to efficiently manage their properties, reduce costs and convergence of Smart Home, Smart Property, and Smart
maximize revenues, through smart and intelligent solutions. The ‘Smart Energy exemplifies their market knowledge

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