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Articles tagged with: Qatar Telecom
Qtel Quarterly Profits Jump 59%
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has reported a 59% rise in Q2 profits of QAR 1.04 billion (US$286.8 million), while revenues rose by 30% to QAR 5.93 billion. The Group's EBITDA increased by 36 percent in H1 2009 over the same period last year, increasing to QAR 5.5 billion (H1 2008: QAR 4.0 billion). more
Wataniya Eyeing Further Acquisitions
Kuwaiti telco, Wataniya expects to to announce an acquisition shortly and is considering others as its main shareholder, Qatar Telecom (Qtel) seeks growth outside its home market. Qtel paid US$3.7 billion for a 51% stake in Wataniya in March 2007, and later increased that to 52.5%. The company will be listed on the Doha Securities Market later this year. more
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Qtel Offers Reverse Charged Calls
Qtel (Qatar Telecom), has launched a "Nobill Collect Call" service which enables Qtel’s subscribers to make collect calls to other mobile customers if they run out of credit, or if they are reluctant to place a call. The software platform was supplied by Symsoft. more
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Qtel Profits Up 15% on New Services - Impacted by Currency Wobbles
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has announced a 58% rise in first quarter revenues to reach QAR 5.6 billion while profits rose 15% to reach QAR 604.4 million. more
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Indosat Plans $360 Million Network Expansion Expenditure
Indonesian mobile operator, Indosat has outlined plans to spend US$360 million during 2009 on expanding its network and boost service quality. The company has set a CAPEX target for 2009 of US$600 across all its network services. more
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Vodafone Granted Extra Time to Expand its Qatari Network
Qatar's telecoms regulator, ictQATAR has amended the license recently granted to Vodafone to grant the company an additional six months to achieve national coverage. Under the terms of its license Vodafone Qatar was required to achieve 98% population coverage and launch full services by 1 March 2009. The revised terms require 98% coverage by 1 September 2009 and the launch of services, including two-way phone mobile and SMS, by 1 July 2009. more
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Vodafone Signs Tower Sharing Deal in Qatar
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) and Vodafone Qatar have signed both an interconnection agreement between their networks - and a deal to allow Vodafone to share Qtel towers for its own infrastructure. The Outdoor Site Sharing Agreement is an agreement which allows Vodafone Qatar to share Qtel mobile towers and Qtel to share Vodafone Qatar mobile towers. Both companies will have separate active mobile networks. more
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Qatar Telecom Passes Subscriber Base Landmark
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has announced that it had achieved a record high of more than 1.8 million mobile customers in Qatar, up from 1.5 million announced in November 2008. more
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Qtel Adds HSUPA Upgrade to its 3G Network
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) says that it has added HSUPA to its network - to boost the upload speed of its 3G network to around 1Mbps. The enhancement follows on from Qtel's upgrade to its national HSDPA to boost download speeds to 7.2 Mbps more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, qtel, edge, hsupa, hsdpa, Qatar
Qatar Telecom Gets Clearance to Increase Indonesian Investment
Qatar Telecom (QTel) has confirmed that it will increase its holding in Indonesia's Indosat to 65% following a clarification about foreign investor rules from the Indonesian government. The authorities have agreed to allow Qtel to own up to 65 percent of Indosat, while removing a previously discussed condition that Indosat would transfer its fixed business into a separate company. more
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