DOHA: Ooredoo is taking the lead in capturing growth in business markets across its footprint in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.
It is seeing significant growth in enterprise and business solutions and is set to launch a cloud-based Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Platform.
“Ooredoo Business is implementing the platform, which will be launched in many of its markets in the next quarter and will be rolled out in all countries by 2015-end.
“M2M services provide automated tools to our customers to enhance productivity and efficiency in their business processes,” Tom Craig, Group Head of business-to-business (B2B), Ooredoo, told a press conference at the ITU Telecom World 2014 yesterday.
The innovative platform will enable Ooredoo to substantially reduce the time-to-market and provide a group-wide capability to build industry specific solutions across a wide range of sectors, enabling its B2B customers to benefit from innovative solutions in the ‘Internet of things’ market place.
Ooredoo has seen significant wins in the M2M connectivity field, such as a recent six-year deal to create a traffic monitoring solution for a large government entity, and sees significant opportunity for ongoing growth across its footprint.
“The launch of the platform is the first in a series of group-wide innovations that will deliver better results for businesses. Mobile and fixed line technology is expanding the horizons of what is possible for companies, and we believe Ooredoo is an ideal communications partner,” said Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, Ooredoo.
The group has invested significantly in the fundamental building blocks of human, technological and market competencies and resources required to excel in the B2B segment.
“Ooredoo believes that by building on its strong base of fixed and mobile assets, it has the potential to further grow its share of the $10bn B2B market.
“Our Group strategy is built upon putting the needs of our customers and operations first, and it is clear that an enhanced focus on business services will continue to deliver strong results for both.
“Our portfolio ranges from connectivity to cloud and hosting solutions through to innovative new areas like machine-to-machine communications,” said Marafih.
“We believe that Ooredoo can take a leadership position across our footprint in the B2B market – and our continued investment in business will further accelerate our performance.”
The Peninsula
