Ooredoo Oman
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 2004 (as Nawras); 2014 (as Ooredoo) |
Headquarters | Muscat , Sultanate of Oman |
Key people | Ian Charles Dench CEO |
Number of employees | +1000 |
Website | www.ooredoo.om |
Ooredoo Oman (formerly Nawras) is an Omani telecommunications company owned by Ooredoo (formerly the Qtel Group). It is the Sultanate’s first privately owned telecommunications company, and serves two million customers as of August 2010.[citation needed] It sells voice and data services over, among others, 2.75G, 3G+, WiMAX and fibre. Since 2010, it has been listed at the Muscat Securities Market,[1] and is the fourth largest telecom company by market capitalisation.[citation needed]
History[]
Founded in 2004[1] the company sells landline voice and internet. It also has prepaid and post-paid mobile phone plans, and mobile internet service. The home broadband and voice was handled by WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology but is being switched to LTE.[2] Ooredoo was first to deploy 3G+ and is the only operator to deploy WiMAX commercially in Oman.[citation needed] The company also sells WiFi products for cafés, restaurants, hotels and schools. Ooredoo has set up the largest public WiFi zone in Oman, OoredooWiFi in the Muscat Grand Mall.[citation needed] In 2015, they installed a fiber-optic network across Oman.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Group, Oxford Business (2014-01-15). The Report: Oman 2014. Oxford Business Group. ISBN 9781907065965.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ooredoo Oman achieves 9.5% growth in net profit". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ "Ooredoo Oman to invest more than $150 million in network expansion". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
External links[]
- Ooredoo
- Telecommunications companies of Oman
- Telecommunications companies established in 2004
- 2004 establishments in Oman
- Companies based in Muscat, Oman