Mogadishu: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud met Qatar’s Acting Charge d’Affaires Hassan bin Hamza Assad Mohamed reviewed means of enhancing relations in all fields.
GCC council recommends joint naval force
DOHA: The GCC Defence Council has submitted a recommendation to the Supreme Council to establish a joint naval force.
The Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah led Qatar’s delegation to the 13th session of the defence council which ended in Kuwait yesterday.
In its final communique, the defence council agreed to provide therapeutic services for GCC states’ armed forces personnel suffering from incurable diseases, at military hospitals and specialised centres and submitted a recommendation in this regard to the Supreme Council. The statement said the session also accepted an invitation by Al Attiyah to the GCC Defence Council to hold its 14th session in Qatar next year.
Former Silatech official named Yemen minister
DOHA: Dr Mohammed Al Maitami who served for four years as Senior Representative for Doha-based Silatech, has been named Yemen’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation.
Al Maitami is an economist and Professor at University of Sana’a. He has held positions with Georgetown University (US), Yemeni Center for Studies and Research, and the Economic Research Forum.
During his tenure with Silatech, the organisation pioneered job training, microfinance and enterprise development programmes that benefited tens of thousands of Yemeni youth.
“Yemen was one of the first countries where Silatech programmes had a strong presence, and Dr Al Maitami played a leading role in fostering partnerships for us there. Yemen faces serious challenges, but I am confident that with his experience and knowledge, Dr Al Maitami will serve Yemen well. We at Silatech offer him our congratulations and look forward to strengthening our partnerships in Yemen,” said Silatech CEO, Dr Tarik M Yousef.
Ooredoo unveils Burstable Billing Service for traders
DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday announced the launch of Burstable Billing Services for business and enterprise customers in Qatar.
It allows businesses to effectively manage their bandwidth requirements and gives customers the freedom to allow their inter-office connectivity and bandwidth to grow as their data traffic grows.
Traditionally business and enterprise customers would have to purchase additional connectivity to handle peak usage and need to initiate a service change for each link in use. With Burstable Billing, customers can burst their capacity up to 1Gbps with the assurance of having to pay only for the increased capacity when used. The automatic bandwidth management and billing ensure connectivity when needed and make it easier to forecast and keep up with bandwidth demands between office locations.
Ooredoo has Qatar’s largest IP network and has deployed a nation-wide fibre roll-out. This accompanied with the option of Burstable Billing will help businesses remove capacity bottlenecks and pay only for the additional bandwidth consumed during peak data requirements. The service is available without any monthly subscription and customers can activate it immediately.
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