Pratap John
Qatar’s national twine network, built essentially on “Ooredoo’s Supernet infrastructure” leads a universe in terms of rollout speed and patron take-up, according to a new news by tellurian consulting organisation Arthur D Little.
The report, “Race to Next Generation Fibre – Arthur D Little’s Global FTTH/B Study,” states that Qatar is now one of a world’s heading twine nations, with 99% of households in areas lonesome by Ooredoo Fibre.
It says Qatar enjoyed a “fastest” twine rollout in history, covering a republic within 3 years and recording faster swell than technological leaders such as Singapore, Japan and South Korea.
Qatar also enjoys one of a “highest” levels of twine connectivity in a universe with 71% of households now connected to fibre, driven by emigration of households from copper to twine and a launch of a operation of cutting-edge solutions. This in spin has wild fast take-up of IPTV, 4K (4K resolution) and other intelligent services in Qatar.
As a result, Ooredoo, that was a initial user in a Middle East to launch 4K radio services in Feb this year with Ooredoo tv, already enjoys a top take-up of 4K radio in a world, with approximately 52% of radio connectors in Qatar now suffer 4K.
Speaking to a media yesterday, Ooredoo Qatar arch handling officer Yousuf Abdulla al-Kubaisi said, “Ooredoo has invested significantly in a national twine network as a present to a republic and to safeguard we are a information knowledge personality for a customers.
“We are fiercely unapproachable that Ooredoo’s investment has positioned Qatar as one of a world’s heading twine nations and that a people of Qatar have entrance to twine and 4K services before other nations in a region, delivered to a aloft customary than many countries in a world.”
Al-Kubaisi said, “We betrothed that we would assistance make Qatar one of a best-connected countries in a universe and this investigate – as good as a high Networked Readiness measure given to Qatar by a World Economic Forum – shows that we are delivering on this promise.”
Qatar’s national rollout of fibre, driven essentially by Ooredoo’s investment and by partnerships with some of a world’s heading record companies, is in line with a Qatar National Vision 2030, that positions a expansion of a knowledge-based economy built on a clever infrastructure substructure as a vital vital priority.
Dr Karim Taga, handling partner and tellurian use leader, Arthur D Little TIME use said, “Qatar should be congratulated for environment a tellurian gait for twine rollout, done probable by Ooredoo’s aspiration and poignant investment. In addition, a speed with that people have adopted twine and upgraded to 4K services by twine demonstrates a craving for record and direct for peculiarity that is pushing a country’s expansion on a universe stage.”
“Our investigate demonstrates that markets with a largest twine expansion all had specific twine rollout programmes in place, with expansion being driven by emigration and a launch of cutting-edge services. Again, this is an area where Ooredoo has excelled, positioning Qatar as a world’s heading republic for 4K invasion per capita,” he added.
Based on a tellurian marketplace survey, a news ‘Race to Next Generation Fibre’ is a 2016 refurbish to Arthur D Little’s Global FTTH investigate initial published in 2013.
In a report, a association focuses on how opposite countries are investing in gigabit twine networks regulating FTTH/B. It evaluates a models used for investment and a success stories both in terms of rollout and take-up.