5.98 million calls made on Qatar Telecom (Qtel)
network managed by Motorola connect successfully
DOHA, Qatar – 3 February 2007 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) announced today its
successful management of Qatar Telecom’s (Qtel) network for the
recently-concluded 15th Asian Games in Qatar within the major stadia
of Khalifa Olympic City, including the venues for all major events such as the
handball, basketball, football finals as well as the closing ceremony.
Motorola took on the day-to-day management of network operations and support
services, thereby enabling Qtel to focus on customer care, while continuing to
deliver high quality of service and effectively handling peak call demands on
its network. Motorola’s managed services expertise supported Qtel in managing
over 5.98 million calls successfully.
“Motorola has been the leading GSM network provider for Qtel for more than 12
years, and particularly after the successful deployment of our indoor
telecommunications network last year, Motorola was the logical choice to assist
us in providing the highest standards of mobile services during the busy period
of the Asian Games,” said Sheikh Fahad Bin Jassim Al Thani, executive director
of Qtel’s wireless services.
“We expected significant peaks in demand at various points during the Games,
and yet our network performance for the duration was excellent. Motorola proved
they had the technical expertise to tailor their managed services to meet the
demands of the event, and in doing so made an effective contribution to the
overall success of the Games,” he added.
This announcement follows Motorola’s successful deployment of an indoor
telecommunications network for Qtel in 2005 for a number of stadium venues in
Doha, including Khalifa Sports City and other venues.
“We worked with Qtel to ensure a smooth and consistently high quality
communications for the 2006 Asian Games. Through our longstanding relationship
with the operator and the proven expertise of our services teams, we were able
to understand the requirements and challenges of managing communications for
such a major event. We offered the operator the expertise of our services teams
to ensure that Qtel’s customers have optimal communications access at all
times,” said Ali Amer, vice president, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan,
Motorola Networks & Enterprise.
Many of the leading telecoms providers in the region are choosing Motorola
services to assist them in getting the most from their resources and
infrastructure investment, and in planning the most efficient solutions for
future growth. Motorola is now managing over 100 customer networks worldwide,
demonstrating its commitment to providing operational excellence to its service
provider, government, municipal and enterprise customers.
Revenue on this contract was recognized in the fourth quarter of 2006.
About Motorola Managed Services
Motorola’s managed services enhance network operations by providing out-tasking
and outsourcing options to meet individual and customized business
requirements. Motorola offers innovative build, operate and manage network
services where key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements
(SLAs) are jointly defined with our clients, predominately on a multi-year
agreement.
About Qtel
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) is the exclusive telecommunications provider in Qatar. Its
principal activities include local and international fixed telephone, mobile,
Internet, data and cable television services. In 2004, Qtel led a consortium
and won the public tender for the second mobile license in Oman, and launched
services in March 2005. Nawras, Qtel's subsidiary in Oman, has captured almost
500,000 new customers (over 28% of the Omani mobile market) in just over 20
months of operations. Qtel was the prestige partner of, and official
telecommunications provider to, the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006.
Qtel is a winner of the 2005 Gulf Excellence Award and the 2006 GCC Economic
Award. The company is listed on the Doha Securities Market and on other stock
exchanges in the GCC. For more information, visit: www.qtel.com.qa.
Source: Motorola press release
