ictQATAR ISSUES FIXED LINE LICENCE TO VODAFONE QATAR

Vodafone Qatar announced that ictQATAR has issued the Second Public Fixed Networks and Services Licence (“Second Fixed Licence”) to Vodafone Qatar. The issuing of the Second Fixed Licence is contingent on Vodafone Qatar completing the change to its Articles of Association within the next three months. Once the change is approved, Vodafone Qatar will pay the licence fee of QAR 10 million.

The terms of Vodafone Qatar’s fixed line licence initially include 100% coverage of The Pearl development; broadband internet services must be provided within three months and fixed line voice services must be provided within twelve months.

Further obligations are to provide 100% coverage to West Bay CBD within thirty months of the effective date of the licence and to the rest of Qatar within forty-eight months.

Vodafone Qatar is committed to working with ictQATAR and Qtel to use the proposed National Broadband Network to provide these services.

“We are delighted with the licence terms and are confident of our ability to achieve these targets,” said Vodafone Qatar’s CEO, Grahame Maher. “We look forward to providing residents and businesses in Qatar with the full range of Vodafone Qatar’s products and services” Mr Maher continued .

Source: Qatar Exchange