Manama, Bahrain: Batelco, the Kingdom's leading Broadband services provider is delighted to start the New Year with good news for its Broadband internet customers who can now benefit from upload speeds which are up to four times faster with upload speeds of up to 2 Mbps. The fantastic new Broadband upgrade is available for new as well as existing residential customers.

Batelco is the the prefered entertainment and gaiming ISP in Bahrain with their Broadband service chosen by most customers, especially gamers and heavy users who seek the most reliable services, with high downaload and upload speeds.

Thanks to this great boost of Broadband upload speeds, Batelco customers will enjoy an unsurpassed Broadband experience with the best online gaming, online video chatting with their families and friends using Skype, MSN Messenger, Google+ hangouts,..etc, faster upload of files including videos, music and pictures to their social network accounts including Youtube, Facebook, Twitter , Google+ and file sharing , in addition to many other applications with no extra charges.

Being a leader in providing best technology and speeds, this initiative by Batelco is part of continuous efforts to maximize customers' internet experience by offering different Broadband packages which suit all customers' needs, from low to heavy users, with high threshold and FREE unlimited usage after threshold, at speed of up to 2 Mb.

Batelco also provides a great offer for Broadband customers who wish to enjoy full Broadband speed during the weekend. Subscribers to Unlimited Weekends can benfit from fast connections during the weekend to enjoy online gaming, streaming videos & downloading movies without any restrictions, where the usage every Friday and Saturday will not be deducted from their regular monthly threshold limit and their speed will be reset to the maximum download speed as part of the Unlimited Weekends deal.

During 2011, Batelco carried out a number of enhancements to its Broadband Packages for the consumer and business market to provide faster speeds, higher thresholds and lower prices. This is the first upgrade of 2012 and Batelco will continuously review its offerings with a view to delivering further benefits throughout the year.

"The upgrade in upload speed is great news for our customers and is delivered as part of Batelco's ongoing review of its products and services, which are developed to meet the changing needs of our customers ," said Batelco Group General Manager Media Relations Ahmed Al Janahi.

"We place the needs of our customers as a key priority and listen to their feedback in order to deliver products and services that improves their communication facilities. Many customers have requested higher upload speeds to meet their gaming and file sharing needs," he added.

Batelco will automatically boost the upload speeds to all its customers. Detailed information about Batelco's Broadband packages is available on batelco.com or by calling 196.

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