Ooredoo and Ooredoo Group communicate strategy refresh to start the year. Ooredoo named "Best Telecom Company" at Arabian Business Qatar Awards 2012. Ooredoo Group companies win four awards at the annual CommsMEA Award Ceremony. Ooredoo announced the launch of a major new Long-Term Evolution (LTE) program to provide 4G services for all of Qatar. H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Thani, Chairman named Commissioner to the UN Broadband Commission for Digital Development in 2012. Ooredoo Group increases its stake in Asiacell. Ooredoo Launches the Refaq Volunteer Programme to improve lives across Qatar. Commercial launch of Ooredoo Fibre for residential customers in connected areas. Ooredoo raises stake in Wataniya Telecom Kuwait to 92.1%. Ooredoo Receives CSR Recognition at CEO Middle East Awards. Major Milestone Achieved as Homes in Qatar are Connected to High-Speed Fibre. Ooredoo launches E-Billing for a Greener Qatar. Ooredoo Wins “Best Corporate Borrower in EMEA region” Award. Ooredoo Signs Major Insurance Agreement with SEIB Insurance Company. Ooredoo First in Qatar to Reach Internet Trial Speeds of 100 Mbps for Consumers. Ooredoo achieves 100,000 Facebook Friends. Ooredoo Unveils New SME Research at Enterprise Qatar. Ooredoo Launches Instant Top-Up Service for Greater Customer Convenience. Ooredoo Launches Instant Top-Up Service for Greater Customer Convenience. The Ooredoo Group announces partnership with Skype. The Ooredoo Group Brings Twitter Mobile to Customers across MENA and Asia. Ooredoo Launches “Business Group” for Qatar’s Companies. Ooredoo Takes Two Top Awards at Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards 2010. Ooredoo Wins Five Awards at Contact Centre World MENA, including Gold Award for Best Customer Service. Ooredoo receives “Recognized for Excellence Award” from EFQM. Ooredoo Takes the Lead in Delivering microSIMs for Qatar. Ooredoo Wins “Best Corporate Bond in EMEA” Award. Ooredoo and Virgin Group launch Virgin Mobile Qatar. Ooredoo Launches Supercharged “Business ADSL” Ooredoo and GBI Sign Major Agreement for New International Gateway for Qatar. Ooredoo Set to Hit 50,000 Mobile Broadband Customers Milestone. Ooredoo Wins Three Awards at TMT Finance. Ooredoo Launches My-Fi Personal 3G Mobile Hot Spot Device. Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Centre Opens to the Public. Ooredoo and Tata Communications Collaborate on Strategic Gulf Cable Project. Ooredoo Allocates QR600 Million for First Phase of Fibre-to-the-Home Project. The Ooredoo Group to Launch Mobile Money Services across its Global Footprints. MEF and The Ooredoo Group to Establish Mobile Media Innovation Hub for the MENA Region. Ooredoo launches Hala BlackBerry. Energy City Qatar Signs Agreement with Ooredoo to Operate World-Class Data Centre for Energy Sector. Ooredoo Upgrades 3G Network to Support World Class Internet Speeds. Ooredoo wins International Award for Mobile Content. Ooredoo wins “Best New Telecoms Service” at CommsMEA Awards 2010. Ooredoo Named “Green Retailer of the Year”. Ooredoo Wins “Best Telecom Deal” Award at International Telecommunications Conference. Ooredoo Delivers Nine Month Year-on-Year Revenue Growth of 14 Percent to QAR 20 Billion. Ooredoo is First in Qatar to Offer International Credit Transfers from Mobile phones. Great New Innovation Lets Ooredoo Customers Top-up on its Facebook Page.
Ooredoo Wins twin awards at CommsMEA Awards. Ooredoo Named as Best Company for Investor Relations in Qatar. Ooredoo Signs Major Cable Agreement with Tata Communications. Launch of New Network Systems Bring New Era of Communication for Indonesia. Ooredoo Wins Corporate Treasury Deal of the Year 2009 in Middle East. Ooredoo Wins "Corporate Social Responsibility" Recognition at CEO Middle East Awards 2009. Ooredoo Launches Mobile Internet Packs for Qatar . Ooredoo Wins Gold in International Call Centre Contest. Ooredoo Reaches Two Millionth Customer Milestone. Ooredoo launches two new speed plans for Ooredoo’s ADSL service- Ooredoo’s introduces SmartRoamer service. Ooredoo and Tata Communications Collaborate to Offer Global Connectivity Services. Ooredoo Launches BlackBerry Global Package. Ooredoo Unveils “Nojoom”- New Rewards Programme. Ooredoo won the Arab e-Content Award in e-Business category. Ooredoo Opens Singapore Office. Ooredoo Doubles Qatar’s Broadband Speeds – for Free!. Ooredoo Opens Latest and Largest Concept Stores at Al Khor Launched new ‘BillXpress’ for corporate clients. Ooredoo Opens Concept store Opens at Salwa road. Ooredoo Opens17th Service Center at Hyatt Plaza. Ooredoo Wins Double at the TMT Finance and Investment Middle East Awards. Ooredoo Opens Major New Service Centre at Landmark Mall. Launched BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphone. Launched Unlimited Mobile Broadband Service. Ooredoo Successfully Secures USD 1.5 Billion Credit Facility. Ooredoo Reaches 1.8 Million Mobile Customers in Qatar. Ooredoo Successfully Concludes INDOSAT Tender Offers. Implementation of free Wi-Fi Internet access at popular local market Souq Waqif . The Ooredoo Group selected as board member of Mobile Entertainment Forum (EMEA Chapter). Ooredoo Launches BlackBerry Internet Service – Personal Edition .
Ooredoo and Reliance Globalcom Sign Strategic Network Partnership. Ooredoo launches the All-New “Shahry” service to its mobile customers Delighted. Ooredoo Wins “Telecoms Deal of the Year” Award for Indosat Investment . Ooredoo Celebrates 1.5 Million Mobile Customers in Qatar. Ooredoo Sports Fans Wowed by New Mozaic Sports channel package. Qatar offers “Region’s Best Broadband Pricess. Ooredoo becomes Official Communications Partner for Qatar’s Museum of Islamic Art. Ooredoo Introduces new 128K SIM card with enhanced features. Ooredoo revenues hit record QR 14.27 bn registering 107% YoY growth. Indonesian authorities have clarified that Ooredoo’s ownership of shares in Indosat will be permitted up to 65 per cent. Announcing Ooredoo and Qatar Airways Long-Term Technology Partnership. Ooredoo Unveiled as Sponsor for AFC Asian Cup and Asian Champions League. Launching entirely new & exciting HALA Pay As You Talk service. Ooredoo Announced as Official Telecommunications Partner for 19th Gulf Cup. Announcing a new number range that begins with the digit “3” for the first time in Qatar. Ooredoo Enters the Guinness World Records for selling the world's most expensive mobile phone number. Wataniya Palestine (WPT) allocated spectrum to start operations of its mobile network. Ooredoo Q.S.C (formerly Qatar Telecom (Qtel) Q.S.C) to acquire interest in PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat) from Asia Mobile Holding Pte Ltd (AMH). Hala Call Back Roaming Introduced. Ooredoo launches "Office in a Box". Launched "Insight Qatar"- a simple to use directory. Ooredoo launches Ring Back tones. Ooredoo introduces – Qatar Airways (Qmiles) Program. Launch of SMS roaming for prepaid subscribers. Launched Mobile Broadband service. Launch of "Electronic voucher system" for purchasing prepaid e-vouchers. Ooredoo Launched a new service - "Mozaic SMS Chat". Free "Call Me Back". Ooredoo and RIM launch the BlackBerry solution in Qatar.
Ooredoo Launched a new service- "Hala SMS Roaming". Ooredoo as part of Asiacell Consortium successful in bid for Iraq GSM license. Ooredoo launches "CNN World News Now service" on Mozaic MOB. Launch of the new Mobile Email service- Personal Edition. Launch Of "breaking news SMS alerts" from Nepal & Bangladesh. Introduced "Friends and Family" service-25% discount on international calls. Ooredoo and the Abdullah Abdulghani Sons Group of Companies signed Memorandum of Understanding to provide Smart Solutions for Property Development in Qatar. Launched Asian Breaking News SMS Alerts service on mozaic MOB. Launched "Yearly Subscription" Option. Ooredoo introduced New Hala Feature- "Validity and Credit Notification". Ooredoo launched Mozaic Video Breaking News. Ooredoo launches world class entertainment platform - MOZAIC Securities & Commodities Authority rewards Ooredoo. Ooredoo Closes Qatar?s Largest Revolving Credit Facility advised by QNB. $3.8 billion Wataniya acquisition - Largest Telecom Deal in the Arab World. ST Telemedia and Ooredoo Form Strategic Alliance to Expand in the Asia-Pacific Region. Ooredoo becomes first Telco in the region to be ICDL accredited. Ooredoo Customer Service launches new facility- Electronic Payment and Top-up Service machines. Introduced Residential Package that provides three services in one offer.
Launch of 3G. Equity partnership with AT&T in NavLink. Ooredoo Signs Ubiquitous Cities' (U-City) MOU with Korea Telecom. Ooredoo announces opening of 'highest-in-class' Internet Data Center. 15th Asian Games hailed a great success - Launch of DVB-H. Launch of 'Triple Play' Ooredoo launched international high-speed mobile data (GPRS) roaming services. Ooredoo launched the IP (Internet Protocol). Telephony services. Ooredoo partnered with Siemens Communications to sponsor a functional 3G Wireless Telecommunications Laboratory at the College of the North Atlantic at Qatar. Ooredoo formed alliances with the Seoul National University (SNU) and the Information and Communication University (ICU), offering scholarships for higher studies to deserving Ooredoo employees at their campuses in Korea. Launch of Ooredoo's corporate Campaign "Let's Connect". Ooredoo launched the first third generation (3G) multimedia service '3G Video Calling' on its new 3G mobile phone network. Launch of Mobile Internet service. Launch of Asian Games Mobile Portal. Ooredoo tied up with Humansoft to provide a state-of-the-art online training program. - Ooredoo wins GCC Economic Award. - Ooredoo wins global GIS award for the second time . Conducted Connecting Leaders Conference. Ooredoo raised over QR1.16 million through ETR mobile phone numbers auction for charities. Ooredoo donated QR500,000 to support the Lebanese people, with an additional sum of QR 200,000 to the Lebanese Society for Children with special needs. Ooredoo had also waived incoming and outgoing roaming call charges in addition to SMS messaging to and from Lebanon during the war that took place in that year. Ooredoo sponsored the 5th Annual Free Medical Camp for low-income expatriates . Ooredoo opened its 17th Customer Service Center at the Qatar Foundation complex . Ooredoo's state-of-the-art headquarters in West Bay inaugurated officially. Ooredoo unveiled a new look and feel to its corporate website.
Official opening of Nawras, Ooredoo's subsidiary in the Sultanate of Oman. Launch of first terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) network in Middle East. Launch of state-of-the-art Remote Locations services (Wireless Local Loop) Ooredoo and Cisco Systems cement long term partnership to build 'Broadband Country' at Gigabit speed. Launch of WiFi (Ooredoo hotspot) service. Ooredoo opens new Customer Service Centre at Mesaieed Awarded the Gulf Excellence Award for Performance Management.
Muzdawaj, Ooredoo's duplicate SIM card service, launched. Arabic version of Ochat launched. Internet roaming services introduced for dial-up customers. MMS technology introduced to Qatar.- Ooredoo Participates in consortium. Nawras Telecom - and wins the tender for the second mobile license in the Sultanate of Oman. Networking technology MPLS-based IP VPN for business networking launched. Awarded first Internet root (K.root) server for the Middle East. Freedom Portal for mobile customers launched.
Reorganization program, 'O-turn', launched. Ooredoo's first one-stop-shop Customer Service Centre opens in Doha's City Centre Mall. Ooredoo's first Customer Service Kiosk opens at Doha's Landmark Mall. Ooredoo's second high-speed ADSL Internet service, 'Barq-Gold', launched. 'SMS Business' and 'SMS Corporate' Ooredoo's mobile marketing and integration services launched. GPRS technology service 'Mobinet' introduced.
Ooredoo listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. Broadband Internet (ADSL high speed Internet access) launched across Qatar. Ooredoo announces its reorganization program, 'O-Turn'.
Ooredoo listed on the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange.
ISO 9001 Certification Awarded. Qatar Cablevision (QCV) service, based on MVDS Technology, launched. Launching of the pre-paid GSM service, Hala.
Ooredoo listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Qatar Public Telecommunications Corporation transformed into Ooredoo Q.S.C (formerly Qatar Telecom (Qtel) Q.S.C). Third International Digital Exchange Commissioned.
Internet Qatar Services introduced. High Speed 'FLEX' Paging Service launched.
GSM Mobile Telephony Service (Qatarnet) inaugurated. Trunk Mobile Radio (TMR) Service introduced.
Qatar Cablevision (QCV) launched.
100% digitalization of National Exchange Network.
First Public Payphone commissioned. Nationwide Paging Service introduced.
Ooredoo established under Law No. 13 of 1987.
Arabsat Satellite Earth Station commissioned
Second Earth Station commissioned.
Analogue Mobile automated Telephone Service (MATS) started.
Doha Earth Station commissioned.
Telecommunications Department established within the Ministry of Communications and Transport.
National Telephony Services operated by Qatar National Telephone Service (QVTS) and International Services by Cable and Wireless.
Inauguration of Public Telephone Service with capacity of 150 lines.
First Telephone Exchange in Doha with capacity of 50 lines.
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