DOHA: Ooredoo has witnessed a surge in international calls in January, driven by the popularity of its latest Hala Top-Up promotion and a high number of visitors to Qatar.
In December, the company launched a new promotion for Hala that enables customers to use the free bonus Ooredoo local minutes they get when they also top up for international calls.
Customers enjoy up to 120 local Ooredoo minutes when they top up their Hala account with QR30 and above. With this promotion, Hala customers can now use local Ooredoo minutes for up to two hours’ worth of international calls also.
The call minutes, which are added based on the amount customers top up for, are valid for 10 days.
Each denomination enables different amounts of bonus minutes, with top-ups of QR200 earning two hours’ call time. The promotion is valid until March 15.
Qatar has seen a high number of international visitors in January, drawn by major sporting events such as the 24th Men’s World Handball Championships and Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2015.
Ooredoo sponsored both events, and had a presence at each to enable visitors to purchase Hala services and Mobile Broadband for the Internet.
Hala services are designed to be easy to sign up for, with new customers enjoying 250 local Ooredoo call minutes and 250MB data valid for seven days and three months free subscription to Hala International Saver Key. The Peninsula
