**Batelco First to Offer Converged Solution for Business Broadband Customers **

Batelco, the Kingdom’s leading integrated communications solutions provider, has announced the launch of a Business Broadband 4G LTE Backup Solution for the business sector. To ensure business continuity for customers and support them in mitigating the risks associated with service disruptions, Batelco is offering Mobile 4G LTE as a backup solution to keep businesses up and running with wireless Broadband services. The new cutting edge service will ensure that customers remain ‘connected’ even in cases of network downtimes, natural disasters or service unavailability due to construction work.

Batelco was the first provider in the Kingdom of Bahrain to launch Backup over 4G LTE for its data communication services in the local market, adding to its extended list of firsts. Now with the launch of this solution for businesses, Batelco is the first provider in Bahrain to provide automatic 4G LTE backup for its business broadband customers.

Among the many benefits of this converged solution, the Mobile 4G LTE Backup Solution delivers network resilience with no costly service disruptions. The automatic failover reduces or eliminates downtime if any service interruptions occur. Accordingly, business customers can rest assured that they can maintain business productivity at all times.

“Once again, Batelco wins the confidence of its business customers by providing this cutting-edge business solution to meet their business continuity requirements,” said Batelco Business Division General Manager Adel Al Daylami.

“We are delighted to be the first to offer this service bundled with high speed business broadband packages,” added Mr. Al Daylami.

Joining the comprehensive list of backup solutions from Batelco, the 4G LTE backup solution ensures business continuity in the rare case of a main fixed broadband link failure. Providing alternative methods for backup is industry best practice, enabling business customers to continue their operations should the need arise.

Batelco is continuously demonstrating unparalleled ICT capabilities, which gives businesses already operating in Bahrain or those intending to operate in Bahrain good reason to consider Batelco as their first choice, specifically when it comes to the delivery of top quality products, services and solutions.