Ooredoo Oman

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. 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.

Ooredoo Oman
TypePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2004 (as Nawras); 2014 (as Ooredoo) Ian Charles Dench CEO
Headquarters
Muscat
,
Sultanate of Oman
Number of employees
 +1000
Websitewww.ooredoo.om

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. 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. In 2015, they installed a fiber-optic network across Oman.[2][3]

References
  1. Group, Oxford Business (2014-01-15). The Report: Oman 2014. Oxford Business Group. ISBN 9781907065965.
  2. "Ooredoo Oman achieves 9.5% growth in net profit". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  3. "Ooredoo Oman to invest more than $150 million in network expansion". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
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