Ooredoo

Ooredoo Group (formerly Qtel) is an international telecommunications company headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Ooredoo provides mobile, wireless, wireline, and content services with market share in domestic and international telecommunication markets, and in business (corporations and individuals) and residential markets. It is one of the world’s largest mobile telecommunications companies, with over 114 million customers worldwide as of September 2015.

Partly state-owned, Ooredoo has operations in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, including Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar, Maldives, Oman, Palestine, Qatar and Tunisia. Ooredoo's shares are listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.

Ooredoo has a market capitalisation of QAR 24.2 billion as of September 2015, and was named “Best Mobile Operator of the Year” at the World Communication Awards 2013.

History

Qtel Group and all its operating companies worldwide were officially unified under Ooredoo Group in February 2013, as part of the company’s strategy to combine its assets in order to form a global business within the telecommunications industry. The name Ooredoo is Arabic for “I Want”, chosen “to reflect the aspirations of Ooredoo customers and the core belief that Ooredoo can enrich people’s lives and stimulate human growth in the communities where it operates."