Qatar- Qtel Group and its Operating Companies to Unify Under New Brand

Leading international communications company becomes ooredoo

25-02-2013 - MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA

Qtel Group, one of the world’s fastest-growing telecommunications companies, has announced that it will change its brand to ooredoo, and that each of its operating companies in emerging markets across the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia will adopt the new brand during the course of 2013 and 2014.

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