Ooredoo talks up 5G-powered World Cup
The football World Cup kicked off in Qatar at the weekend, triggering the inevitable announcement from a major telco keen to big up its network prowess thanks to pre-tournament upgrades.
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Ooredoo set to follow Telenor out of Myanmar
The sorry saga of Myanmar’s regression towards international isolation is about to add another chapter.
Ooredoo and CK Hutchison merge Indonesian operations
Indosat Ooredoo and H3i are merging to form an Indonesian mega-operator valued at $6 billion.
Myanmar telcos reportedly pressured to install spyware
The failed state of Myanmar, which is currently run by a military junta, is apparently preventing telecoms execs from leaving the country until they install wire taps.
Nokia brings 5G FWA to Oman
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has helped Ooredoo Oman to offer 4G and 5G fixed wireless access to its customers.
Indosat Ooredoo does third and final towers deal
Indosat Ooredoo is raising money to fund network improvements in a way that has become very familiar to the telecoms space in recent years: it is selling off passive infrastructure.
Ericsson scores a big 5G deal win with Ooredoo Group
Operator group Ooredoo, which has operations across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, has gone big on Ericsson for its 5G rollout.
Ooredoo says it’s OK with Huawei
The Ooredoo Group is the latest telco to dismiss security concerns and announce Huawei as a supplier for its 5G deployments.
Ooredoo Qatar claims first live 5G network
Operator group Ooredoo says it’s the first operator in the world to launch a live 5G network on the 3.5 GHz spectrum band.
Ooredoo reveals the secret to disrupting the fibre norm
How do you develop a traditionally expensive fibre infrastructure proposition in a less affluent market?
Nokia lands Ooredoo Qatar network expansion deal
Nokia has announced a three-year deal with Ooredoo Qatar to expand its mobile network across the whole country.
Indosat Ooredoo picks IBM to help with move to the cloud
IBM has announced a five-year $200 million contract with Indosat Ooredoo to develop and deliver solutions on IBM’s cloud platform, Bluemix, reports BCN.
Ooredoo launches 375Mbps LTE-A in Qatar
Ooredoo, the pan-Asia and Middle Eastern telco, has confirmed the commercial launch of its brand new LTE-A service in Qatar, capable of delivering download speeds of up to 375Mbps.
Ooredoo Group signs five year deals with Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and Ericsson
Qatar-based Ooredoo Group has signed five year contracts with Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Huawei as it plans a massive infrastructure building programmes for networks in the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia.
Nokia claims 10 times faster upload with C-RAN for Ooredoo, Elisa
Finnish vendor Nokia Networks and Qatari telco Ooredoo claimed they have made uploading 10 times faster with the Nokia centralised RAN. Demonstrating at the ITU Telecom World event in Doha, Qatar, they said average uplink capacity across a cell was doubled thus extending smartphone battery life because of less interference.
Nokia, Ooredoo, China Mobile claim record in TDD-FDD CA
Nokia Networks, Ooredoo Qatar and China Mobile claimed to have achieved a record breaking speed of 4.1Gbps over TDD-FDD LTE carrier aggregation (CA). The partners said this was realised through the combination of TDD and FDD LTE spectrums, and by aggregating 10 carriers with 200MHz bandwidth.
Nokia Networks, Ooredoo claim first Qatar LTE-A service
Nokia Networks and Qatar-based telco Ooredoo have announced what they claim to be the first LTE-Advanced service in the country. The two partners claimed the nationwide service, achieved through LTE-A carrier aggregation by Nokia, offers up to 225Mbps downlink data speeds.
Ooredoo goes live with 3G in Myanmar
New entrant operator Ooredoo (formerly Qtel) officially launched voice and data services in Myanmar over the weekend, following a soft launch earlier this month.
Ooredoo switches on Myanmar network
New entrant operator Ooredoo (formerly Qtel) has launched voice and data services in three of Myanmar’s major cities, Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon, as part of final preparations for commercial launch later this month.
Middle East and African operators to collaborate on infrastructure sharing
Mobile operator groups serving the Middle East and Africa have agreed to cooperate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives in an effort to provide mobile broadband access to unserved rural communities in the region. The operators also intend to drive down the cost of mobile services for consumers across the regions.
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