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Articles tagged with: Qtel
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
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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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Nawras Awarded Fixed Telecoms License
Oman based mobile network operator, Nawras has been awarded a fixed telecoms license, announced its majority shareholder, Qatar's qtel. The license provides for the installation and operation of a fixed telecommunications services system for a period of 25 years, with frequency spectrum rights granted for 15 years. 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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Tekelec Wins Additional Signaling Business With Wataniya Telecom
Tekelec says that it has won a follow-on order to provide its EAGLE 5 platform to Wataniya Telecom in Kuwait, giving the operator a central signaling solution to handle core network functions. Tekelec's EAGLE 5 provides a single solution for multiple core networking functions such as signal transfer point (STP), signaling gateway and intelligent routing. 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 Chooses Ditech Networks’ Voice Quality Equipment
Qatar Teleco (qtel) is seeking to improve voice call quality by deploying Ditech's Voice Quality Assurance (VQA) and Experience Intelligence (EXi) applications on its Quad Voice Processor (QVP) platform throughout its mobile network. more
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