Nawras
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2004 (as Nawras); 2014 (as Ooredoo) |
| Headquarters | Muscat , Sultanate of Oman |
Key people | Mr. Amjad Mohamed Al-Busaidi, Chairman Mr. Greg Young, CEO |
| Revenue | OMR 196.9 Million (2011) |
Number of employees |  +1000 |
| Website | www.ooredoo.om |
Ooredoo Oman (formerly Nawras) is an Omani communications provider owned by Ooredoo (formerly the Qtel Group). It is the Sultanate’s first privately owned telecommunications company, and served two million customers as of August 2010. It offers voice and data services through a platform of technologies including 2.75G, 3G+, WiMAX and fibre. Since 2010, it has been listed at the Muscat Securities Market, and is the fourth largest telecom company by market capitalisation.
Operations
The company provides landline voice services to business and residential customers. It also provides a range of prepaid and post-paid mobile phone plans, and broadband internet service, both home and mobile (3G+). The home broadband and voice service is powered by WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology. Ooredoo was first to deploy 3G+ and is the only operator to deploy WiMAX commercially in Oman. The company also offers WiFi solutions for cafés, restaurants, hotels and schools. Ooredoo has set up the largest public WiFi zone in Oman, OoredooWiFi in the Muscat Grand Mall. Since the 17 February 2013 Ooredoo offers LTE service.[1]
About Ooredoo
Ooredoo has a significant presence in the MENA region and Southeast Asia, and having a consolidated customer base of 83.4 million as of December 2011. It operates a portfolio of brands including Ooredoo Qatar, Indosat, Asiacell, Ooredoo Kuwait, Ooredoo Maldives, Ooredoo Oman, Ooredoo Algeria and Ooredoo Tunisia. They are currently rebranding their global operations to Ooredoo in systematic phases.
Ooredoo's principal activities are mobile telephone services, broadband solutions, digital futures and fibre technologies, serving both consumer and business markets. Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, Ooredoo's shares are listed on the Qatar Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.