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Articles tagged with: Qtel and Vodafone
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
Related Tags: base-station, sms, qatar-telecom, ict, vodafone-qatar, Qatar
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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Arab Region Nears 200 Million Mobile Subscribers
A new report from Arab Advisors Group has found that Arab telecom operators served 194.5 million cellular subscribers and 35 million mainlines by end of June 2008. The report noted that STC's Al Jawwal, Egypt's Mobinil and Vodafone Egypt are the largest Arab cellular operators in terms of subscribers. more
Related Tags: arpu, zain, mobinil, du, vodafone-egypt, al-madar, arab-advisors-group
Nokia Siemens Wins Qatar Network Upgrade Contract
..ady using the 3G network. On the web: Qtel - Mobile World more
Related Tags: nokia, qatar-telecom, core-network, radio-access-network, siemens, netact, Qatar
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
Related Tags: qatar-telecom, pccw, landline, jordan, Qatar