Cell phones in Qatar
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Latest Telecoms News from Qatar |
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Qatar to Deport Sender of Indecent Text Messages An appeals court in Qatar has upheld a lower court ruling that an Egyptian should be deported after being convicted of sending indecent SMSs to a female compatriot....Nokia Siemens Wins Qatar Network Upgrade Contract Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has won a US$61 million contract from Qatar Telecom (Qtel) to modernise its 2G and 3G networks. ...Vodafone Qatar Awards IT Contract to Subsidiary of its Local Partner Qatar based IT services firm, Mezza has announced the start of business with a QR125 million (US$34.4 million) agreement with Vodafone Qatar to provide an end-to-end turn key infrastructure solution to support Vodafone Qatar’s core telecommunications and network operations....Vodafone Asked to Delay Qatar Stock Market Listing Vodafone is expected to delay the planned stock market floatation of its Qatar subsidiary - citing the current economic problems with the financial markets. The company said that it did not get listing approval from the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA)....Qatar Telecom to Launch Mobile TV Trial Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed the world’s first commercial Mobile TV deployment contract based on DVB-H and OMA BCast Smart Card Profile technology....Vodafone Wins Landline Operator License in Qatar The telecoms regulator in the Middle-East country of Qatar has awarded a landline operators license to a group made up of Vodafone and the Qatar Foundation Consortium. This decision breaks the monopoly on landline services currently held by Qatar Telecom (Qtel)....Qatar Telecom Confirms Indosat Purchase - Doubles First Half Revenues Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has reported that its first half group revenues jumped by 102% to QAR8.1 billion (US$2.2 billion), driven by acquisitions and continued marketing efforts. ...Qatar Telecom, or Qtel, said Monday its recent Indonesian acquisition PT Indosat was behind the postponement of its half-yearly earnings disclosures.... Qatar Telecom, or Qtel, is willing to pay as much as $2 billion for the remaining 44.9% of PT Indosat shares but is still waiting for the approval of its bid from Indonesia's market regulator, a person familiar with the plans said Wednesday.... The fortunes of PT Indosat are looking up after Qatar Telecom quadrupled its stake and promised to bet more on the big Indonesian phone company.... |