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For immediate release

22 January 2012

Qtel Fibre is Live!Fastest-Ever Internet Takes Off in Qatar 

Great Value for High Speed Internet and Next Generation Mozaic TV  

Doha, Qatar 

Qtel today delighted customers with the commercial launch of Qtel Fibre for 

residential customers in connected areas, offering incredible Internet speeds and

maintaining Qtel¶s competitive pricing.

 After months of installation and development, the service is now live for customers

in Qtel Fibre zones, with work ongoing to extend the service to excited customers

across the country in the months ahead.

His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al-Thani, Chairman of 

Qtel, said: ³Today is the start of a new era of information access and greater 

convenience for our customers. The nationwide Fibre Network will provide the

foundation for our nation¶s ongoing progress towards the 2030 vision, and the

growth of the knowledge-based economy.´

To date, Qtel Fibre has been installed in more than 16,000 homes across Qatar,

and is currently making approximately 1,500 new installations per week.

Customers in these homes will now be able to switch to Qtel Fibre from today and

over the next few months.

By 2014, Qtel Fibre will cover all of Qatar, with connections provided to homes

across the country.

In line with Qtel¶s promise to keep prices competitive, customers will have more

choice and great value with Qtel Fibre, with incredible packages for Qatar¶s

fastest-ever Internet and amazing next-generation television services.

Waleed Al Sayed, Chief Operating Officer, Qtel said: ³We have conducted wide-

ranging research to ensure that the range of packages available suit every

customer segment, so that customers can enjoy value and incredible speeds, as

well as a wide range of value-adding services with Qtel Fibre.´

With today¶s announcement, Qtel will deliver special packages over fibre with

speeds of 1 Mbps, 10 Mbps, 50 Mbps and 100 Mbps.

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Great Packages from Qtel

Packages start at QR233 for Home Broadband and Voice. Customers will be able

to download films, games and music faster than ever before and at an affordable

monthly rate.

Customers who want the fastest-ever Internet speeds ± the incredible 100 Mbps ±

can choose the 100 Mbps Home Broadband and Voice for QR650 per month.

There are also 10 Mbps packages for QR333 and 50 Mbps, for QR500.

Customers with existing packages will be upgraded to the next fastest Internet

package.

Qtel will also shortly launch an incredible next generation Mozaic TV service on

Fibre. As well as high definition images, this service will also offer incredible

features like recording, pausing and other advanced fibre-fuelled functions.

Available now Coming soon

Speed Home Broadband (Voice

and Internet) TV and Broadband (TV,

voice and Internet) 1Mbps  QR 233 

10Mbps  QR 333 50Mbps  QR 500 100Mbps  QR 650 

Full details of all plans, pricing and offers are available on www.qtel.qa, along with

a map showing areas where Qtel Fibre is available.

Qtel Mozaic and Broadband customers who are migrated to Qtel Fibre do not

have to pay any installation costs and migrating to Qtel Fibre is absolutely free. All

plans will include a Qtel landline with unlimited free local calls.

Upgrade Process for Qtel Customers

Over the coming months, new and existing customers will be visited by the Qtel

Fibre Team once the building phase reaches their area.

Customers who have already had the Qtel Fibre equipment installed will receive a

call to schedule an appointment, and the Qtel Fibre team will then return to

connect them to the Qtel Fibre services and demonstrate the new products and

equipment.

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Customers do not need to call Qtel to upgrade to the new services, and will

continue to receive their existing Internet and Mozaic TV services at the currentspeeds and current prices until they are upgraded.

Photo caption: Qtel Fibre is live!

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About Qtel

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) provides a full range of telecommunications services in

Qatar and across its presence in 17 countries. Our vision is to be among the top

20 telecommunications companies in the world by 2020 through expansion in both

the MENA region and South East Asia.