Nawras launches enhanced BlackBerry plans to give customers more data and greater value

New BlackBerry plans start at just one Omani Rial

Muscat, 28 May 2013 – Nawras BlackBerry customers are now able to benefit from plans that include greater data allowances as well as unlimited BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and emails, with no increase in price. Oman’s customer friendly communications provider has boosted every BlackBerry plan to give customers much more value. The company has also introduced two new options, one of which is a weekly plan with a data allowance of 120 MB, for just one Omani Rial.

Maha Al-Balushi, BlackBerry Product Manager, said, “Nawras has been leading the BlackBerry market for a number of years now and we are constantly looking for ways which reward our customers with the best value and the latest innovations. Today we have totally transformed our BlackBerry portfolio by providing much greater value at no extra cost on our existing plans and adding two new entry level plans starting from just one Omani Rial for customers looking for a low priced option. The expanded portfolio now offers Nawras BlackBerry customers the freedom to choose from a wide range of plans tailored to help them get more from their Nawras service.”

The Nawras BlackBerry prepaid weekly plan now has an increased data allowance of 500 MB for just two Omani Rials while the monthly prepaid plan gives customers double the original data, with 2GB for only 9 Omani Rials per month.

Selecting the Nawras Global Plan gives a huge data increase from 2 GB up to 10 GB of data and 60 MB of free roaming data while customers choosing a National Plan will now enjoy 5 GB of data with an increased amount of 15 MB of free roaming data in GCC countries when using partner operators in the region.

Data has doubled on the Lite Plan which now includes 2 GB instead of 1 GB while a new choice of postpaid plan features 550 MB of inclusive data for just four Omani Rials.

Nawras customers can register for any BlackBerry plan by sending BB to 1500. Full details of all the exciting products and services offered by Oman’s customer friendly communications provider can be found by visiting the company’s website at www.nawras.om.

About Nawras:

Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. It launched its service in March 2005 as the challenger mobile operator in Oman operating under the name Nawras. Nawras was awarded the second fixed licence in Oman in 2009, and launched its international gateway in April 2010, its corporate fixed and broadband services in May 2010, and its residential fixed and broadband services in June 2010. Since 2010, Nawras has been an integrated services telecommunications operator and is currently serving around 2 million customers across the Sultanate. Following a successful IPO, Nawras is listed on the Muscat Stock Market (MSM) under the “nwrs” ticker since 1 November 2010.  Nawras is majority owned by Ooredoo, formerly known as Qtel Group, and also has a number of significant Omani shareholders which ensures that the company is strongly integrated into the Omani society. Nawras has won a number of awards including Customer Service Excellence Award in Telecom Sector 2012 from Oman Customer Care Conference, Innovation in HR Strategy 2011 from Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards, Outstanding Leader from TMT Finance Middle East 2011, Best IPO in the Middle East from emeafinance magazine and Strategic Leadership Award from Global HR Excellence Awards 2011.

About Ooredoo:

Ooredoo, formerly known as Qtel Group, is a leading international communications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia. As a community-focused company, Ooredoo is guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential. Ooredoo has a presence in markets such as Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives and Indonesia. The company reported revenues of $9.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2012 (QAR 33.7 billion) and had a consolidated global customer base of more than 92.9 million as of 31 December 2012. Ooredoo’s ultimate parent company is Ooredoo Q.S.C. (formerly Qatar Telecom (Qtel) Q.S.C.), whose shares are listed on the Qatar Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.