It has a reputation for building quality networks and businesses and it will undoubtedly deliver a great deal of product innovation that will benefit Qatar's mobile users. The increased competition will also lead to greater mobile penetration, which already stands at well over 120 per cent.
ictQatar's award of the licence also marks an important step towards deregulation in the Gulf state's telecommunications sector and another major move in this direction will be the handing over of Qatar's second fixed line licence. This should occur within the next few months and will take the form of a comparative evaluation process, involving no financial bids, according to ictQatar's most recent announcement.
Indeed, Vodafone, having secured Qatar's second mobile licence, could now be well placed to snare its fixed offering too and make serious headway into Qatar's telco sector. The firm could utilise its 3G mobile network to roll out wireless local loop and high speed data services, thus achieving significant economies of scale.
See also:
As ictQatar looks to licence, Qtel looks to expand
ictQatar quickly changing the face of Qatar's telco sector
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