Qtel, Huawei join hands to deliver world-class Broadband for Qatar

Qtel signed an agreement to extend its contract with Huawei that sees the two companies continue to work together on the "Fiber to the Home" program, delivering advanced Broadband services to Qatar.
Waleed Al-Sayed, COO of Qtel Qatar, and Xiao Ning, Huawei country manager for Qatar signed the deal yesterday.
This extended contract will see both companies expand their relationship to meet customer demand for this much-demanded service.
This latest agreement will see Qtel's fiber broadband rollout extended to cover an additional 90,000 connections, which will bring the broadband penetration close to 100 percent of the households and business in Qatar.
Qtel Fiber will provide a host of benefits for the people of Qatar as well as making an important contribution to the educational, commercial and governmental sectors.
Waleed Al-Sayed, COO of Qtel Qatar, said: "It is an important strategic alliance that will contribute to the growth and development of Qatar, making it one of the best-connected countries in the world. The role out of these additional 90,000 connections has already begun. We have already laid fiber passing 126,000 homes, have connected 30,000 homes to the fiber network and 10,000 households are already enjoying the fiber services."
Xiao Ning, Huawei country manager for Qatar, said: "Huawei welcomes this opportunity to continue this alliance with Qtel and to support Qtel in the development of advanced services to the country of Qatar. We are also delighted that Qtel have shown their continued trust in the relationship with Huawei."
The robust bandwidth capacity of fiber will deliver a much higher quality of online experience for customers in Qatar, while ensuring that the infrastructure is capable of supporting the next generation of services and applications.
It is the largest infrastructure project of its kind to be implemented by Qtel, with Internet speeds of up to 100 Mbps, and will change the way people experience online education and entertainment.