Ooredoo Signs New Network Expansion Agreement with Nokia

Doha, May 03 (QNA) - Ooredoo announced Tuesday that it has signed a three-year deal with technology leader Nokia, as it continues to enhance the strength, speed and coverage of the Ooredoo Supernet in Qatar. The agreement, which will see Nokia upgrading and expanding Ooredoos existing mobile broadband network across the country, will help meet Qatars ever-growing data demands by implementing Nokias 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G+ LTE radio network based on its Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station technology, its core network elements including Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Home Subscriber Server (HSS), as well as NetAct OSS, using the companys professional services. Nokias Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station is the worlds smallest high-capacity, software-defined, multi-technology base station, and will provide Ooredoo customers with more network capacity, more efficiency and more flexibility. Chief Executive Officer of Ooredoo Qatar Waleed Al Sayed commented that Ooredoo continues to enhance its Supernet to deliver the best possible Internet experience, working with a range of international technology leaders such as Nokia. By deploying these cutting-edge technologies from Nokia, Ooredoo will continue to actively boost network performance from 2G through to 4G+, and deliver a host of social, financial and business benefits for Qatar. For his part, Nokia's Vice President and Head of the Middle East Market Unit Bernard Najm said: "This is another important development in our relationship with Ooredoo Qatar, and we continue the successful deployment of LTE technology across the country. Our mobile broadband technology allows service providers to keep pace with fast-growing customer data demands now and into the future". As part of its Supernet initiative, Ooredoo has deployed Nokias LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation technology to offer subscribers with compatible mobile devices up to 375 megabits-per-second speeds in busy areas of Doha, Qatars capital and most populous city. In a recent demonstration, the companies achieved peak data rates close to 600 Mbps. This is the latest in a series of technology enhancements with Nokia for Ooredoo. In 2015, Ooredoo began to deploy Nokias small cells in popular network hotspots across the country, enabling Ooredoo to provide advanced voice and data services to its customers even in the most crowded indoor and outdoor areas. (QNA)