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e& (Etisalat Group)

Medium58% confidenceProfile verified Jul 27, 2026
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The UAE's largest telecommunications group (formerly Etisalat), reporting AED 72.9 billion in 2025 revenue (up 23.1% year-over-year), now positioning itself as a sovereign AI infrastructure enabler through a partnership with G42's Core42 for sovereign AI compute and a combined data center joint venture with Khazna Data Centers. e&'s GPU Connect service gives enterprise, government, and retail customers streamlined access to AI accelerators as part of the UAE's national agentic AI agenda.

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Additional Intelligence Signals

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Sources

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Evidence

2 sources · 63% avg. source confidence

  • e& newsroom — e& and Core42 partner for sovereign AI infrastructure64% source confidence
  • e& investor relations — e& reports AED 72.9 billion in 2025 revenue, up 23.1%62% source confidence

Correlated Activity

Both e& (Etisalat Group) and G42 / MGX (UAE) — which it depends on — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for G42 / MGX (UAE) in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Both e& (Etisalat Group) and Core42 — which depends on it — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for Core42 in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

Both e& (Etisalat Group) and Careem — which depends on it — are showing accelerating Activity at the same time (1 recorded change for Careem in the last 90 days).

Timing correlation only — not evidence of a causal link

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Dependency Map

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The Story So Far (last 6 months)

Feb 2026: e& reports AED 72.9 billion in 2025 revenue, up 23.1%→Jul 2026: Core42 sovereign AI infrastructure partnership→Jul 2026: e& and Core42 partner for sovereign AI infrastructure

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e& (Etisalat Group)'s Timeline

A sourced, dated history of e& (Etisalat Group)'s key moments — founding to present.

  1. Jan 2022 · Rebrands from Etisalat to e&

    Etisalat Group rebranded as e&, expanding beyond telecom into a broader technology and investment group.

  2. Jan 2026 · e& Enterprise / Emergence partnership

    e& enterprise announced a partnership with Emergence to expand its enterprise technology offerings.

  3. Jul 2026 · Core42 sovereign AI infrastructure partnership

    e& UAE and G42's Core42 partnered to deliver sovereign AI infrastructure, giving e&'s government, retail, and manufacturing customers faster access to AI accelerators via a new GPU Connect service.