The mobile-phone-loving population of Qatar's prevelance to owning multiple handsets means that there are now more phones than people in Qatar.
Now Qtel is posting a record number of subscribers - 1.8 million in total, which substantially exceeds a population of about 1.5 million.
The growth is also pretty impressive considering there were 1.5 million users only in November.
The growth in numbers is thought to be due to the relaunch of two former products, but also the increasing tend to keeping seperate phones for work and personal life.
The growth in numbers is thought to be due to the relaunch of two former products, but also the increasing tend to keeping seperate phones for work and personal life.
Expansion Abroad
Qtel's aggressive growth has been going on abroad as well as at home.
The country has been battling to take over Indosat, and Indonesian mobile company, depite regulatory hurdles.
At the end of February the company was finally able to take a majority stake in the company.
Time's up?
At the end of February the company was finally able to take a majority stake in the company.
Time's up?
However, as we saw in Vodafone's coming, times may longer be quite so easy for Qtel.
The international operater switched on its network a few days ago, and will soon be starting testing with its first 100 subscribers.
Qtel has never had a competitor to deal with in its home territory before, but will now have to compete with a savvy operator practised at expanding into new territories.
What's more, many of Qtel's customers are fed up with the level of service they receive - and a recent announcement that Vodafone intends to compete on price as well as service will rachet up the pressure.
It may not be too long before Qtel's subscriber numbers are falling instead of rising...
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The international operater switched on its network a few days ago, and will soon be starting testing with its first 100 subscribers.
Qtel has never had a competitor to deal with in its home territory before, but will now have to compete with a savvy operator practised at expanding into new territories.
What's more, many of Qtel's customers are fed up with the level of service they receive - and a recent announcement that Vodafone intends to compete on price as well as service will rachet up the pressure.
It may not be too long before Qtel's subscriber numbers are falling instead of rising...
Find telecommunications companies on Qatcom.com
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