Articles tagged with: Qatar Telecom and Landline

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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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).  more

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Indonesian Government Permits Qtel to Increase Indosat Stake

Indonesia's government has made a fairly large change to its policy on foreign ownership of telecoms operators - and is to permit Qatar Telecom (Qtel) to increase its holding in Indosat to 65 percent. Qtel recently paid US$1.8 billion for a 40.8% in the firm, and was seemingly restricted to a 49% stake by Indonesian law.  more

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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).  more

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