Q.NBN awarded 25 year license to operate fiber optic broadband ...

The license will see Q.NBN offering wholesale broadband fiber optics infrastructure services to licensed network service providers and operators. This will cascade all the way down to consumers being offered a much improved and powerful fiber optic broadband service to empower their lives.

Fiber-optic broadband network will change people's lives dramatically and empower businesses across the nation to be more competitive. It will do this by delivering the broadband and Internet speeds people require to succeed at work and enjoy next generation service innovations and content.

It will also allow people to experience more efficient and responsive public services in their everyday life and represents one of the most important milestones for the country.It will significantly enhance capability to offer voice, high-speed internet access and other data services along with innovative content such as high-definition TV and 3D multimedia programs.

Mohamad Al-Mannai, Q.NBN Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are delighted to receive our official license to operate from ictQatar which will mark the start of a new era of high speed communication in Qatar. Receiving this license is an acknowledgement of Q.NBN's vision aligned with 2030 to provide Qatar with the very latest technology platform to help achieve a knowledge-based sustainable economy,"

Q.NBN's continued and relentless efforts have allowed them to reduce their initial three year time slot to secure the license to just one year. The license effectively endorses Q.NBN's mission to ensure Qatar has the fastest Internet speeds to enhance businesses, consumers, education, health and e-Government in the region.

Posted by Nadeen El Ajou
Saturday, August 11 - 2012 at 14:16 UAE local time (GMT+4)

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About Q.NBN
Qatar National Broadband Network Company (Q.NBN) is a share holding company wholly owned by the government, with a mandate to enable accessible high-speed communications with the right cutting edge technology platform across Qatar. Through its visionary and collaborative approach to the market, Q.NBN will help to empower the nation with broadband fiber access to citizens and businesses alike in line with the Qatar ICT Strategy 2015.

Q.NBN aims to have 95% coverage as it serves the wider digitization agenda of the country. The next generation fiber optics network which is the alternative to copper will become exponentially faster, bringing community and enterprise benefits of enhanced delivery of services, cost savings, increased competitiveness and improved sustainability.

In addition, recent research has shown that doubling the broadband speed positively impacts an economy by increasing the economy's GDP by 0.3%.

Q.NBN will focus solely on the deployment of a network infrastructure, providing equal and open access to operators to offer choice for the end-user and efficiently leveraging existing and new infrastructure in Qatar. Q.NBN, one of the first government initiatives of its kind in the region, reflects Qatar's Vision 2030 to transform the country through investment in advanced technologies to knowledge based society and make Qatar the best connected country in the GCC and one of the most connected in the world. Q.NBN operates within the existing laws and under license conditions issued by ictQATAR.

For further information, please contact:
HalaKassab
Kamal Nasrallah
Asda'a Burson-Marsteller
T: +974 4 4351 113
F: +974 4 4351 511

Fathy Kassem
Communications Manager
Qatar National Broadband Network
T +974 4404 1442
F +974 4404 1405

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