Many disgruntled Etisalat users reported a network crash in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which started yesterday and continued till today.

And although the problem has been reported to be fixed last night, many social media users are still being unable to make or receive calls from their mobile phones. 

The National reports that the website downdetector.ae showed a huge spike of outage after 5pm on Thursday.

Many took to Twitter to ascertain the cause of the problem

What happened to Etisalat Network?

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— siva (@citrixsiva) May 24, 2018

Others chimed in too

Yes mine one also stops working

— aamir farooq khan (@aamir1192) May 24, 2018

People wondered if any system update is behind the network issue

@etisalat hi, are you doing any system updates? My signal keeps coming on and off. pic.twitter.com/mYS0SrNPZg

— Ceejay (@its_ceejay) May 24, 2018

@etisalat facing network issue .. Network came and lost within minutes .. Is any one else facing the same issue.

— Navu (@naveenvic) May 24, 2018

People in Ajman also reported facing issues

@Etisalat_Care hello Etisalat, any network issues in Ajman? I have No Service sign

— madfur (@madfur) May 24, 2018

Services from landline appear to be working now. 

Are you facing any network crash on your Etisalat mobile too? Let us know!