NEWS
Ooredoo Group hosts its annual Capital
Markets Day in Doha
O
RDS has hosted its annual Capital Markets Day in Doha, Qatar,
where the senior leadership team presented an update on
Ooredoo Group’s new ‘Get Digital!’ transformation programme.
This is designed to transform the group from a traditional
telecommunications company to a digital enabler.
The Capital Markets Day was attended by investors, sellside and
buyside analysts, shareholders and other key stakeholders, who also
received an update to the company’s full year guidance along with
the key drivers of growth for the group.
A host of senior executives from Ooredoo Group gave presentations
at the event, including Waleed Al Sayed, Deputy Group CEO and CEO
of Ooredoo Qatar.
The central theme across the event was Ooredoo’s progress
towards becoming a digital enabler and the launch of LEAD 2.0, the
company’s new strategy to achieve its digital ambitions.
Al Sayed said: “We have a clear strategy in place to transform
Ooredoo Group to a digital enabler by developing and adopting the
latest technologies to better serve our customers.
“Our passion and business are aligned: we use mobile technology
as a tool to realise positive social and economic change for our
customers and the communities that we serve. 5G is going to
play an increasingly important role in shaping the direction of the
telecommunications industry and we are proud to be at the forefront
of the 5G revolution.”
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CRA participates in a meeting of the
Internet Corporation
Participants also discussed how to apply
the adopted standards to protect all the
weaknesses of the ecosystems. These
included Internet protocols, personal and
commercial transactions and Internet
domain registrations.
Eng Abdulla Jassmi, Technical Affairs
Department Manager, CRA, said: “CRA
ensures to be up to date with the latest
developments in the field of Internet security
and top-level Internet domain, and to adopt
the best practices in this field.
Q
atar’s Communications Regulatory
Authority (CRA) has participated in the
65th meeting of the Internet Corporation.
This was hosted in Marrakech, Morocco, and
saw the participation of Internet experts
from around the world.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
The meeting discussed policy work and
community outreach in addition to a range
of important issues affecting the Internet,
including top-level domains, public safety
and the importance of cybersecurity for the
protection of Internet domain names.
“This contributes to the growth of the
Internet, ensures that consumers in
Qatar have the best services in the field
of Information and Communications
Technology (ICT), enhances the digital skills
and digital literacy across all segments of
society and enables them to contribute
to the economy and culture through the
effective and secure use of ICT.”
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