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Nawras launches Reuters and Asia News SMS services

Muscat, 14 February 2012 - Nawras is delighted to introduce two new SMS services to conveniently bring world news to customers' handsets and tablets. From today, Reuters Breaking News service will provide customers with the latest updates on international news stories while Asia News will deliver daily news from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Oman's customer friendly communications provider is offering these SMS services on a monthly subscription basis. Both services are available for all Nawras Ajel (postpaid) and Nawras Mousbak (prepaid) customers to enjoy.

Reuters News is communicated in either English or Arabic with a minimum of one message being delivered each day. To stay informed with Reuters News, sports and business alerts, customers simply send R to 90454 to receive breaking news in English, for the nominal monthly fee of 1.5 Omani Rials.

Customers can choose to receive Asian News in English from any of the three countries featured for just 700 Baiza per month, per country. To subscribe to Indian news, the keyword IND should be sent to 90452. The number is the same to select news from Pakistan using the keyword PAK and for Sri Lankan news, the keyword is SRI.

Al Muhanna Jaifar Al-Said, VAS Specialist, said, "We are delighted to be able to offer our customers greater convenience and choice through the introduction of these new services. Nawras customers can now easily stay informed and up-to-date while on the move, wherever they go. These are the latest additions to a long list of value added services that form part of the pleasingly different communications experience we offer."

Asian News and Reuters Breaking News complement the existing news services being offered to Nawras customers through CNN, BBC, Koora Mobile, Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.

A member of the Qtel Group, Nawras has been delighting customers in the Sultanate since 2005. This award winning company is dedicated to pursuing its vision to enrich the lives of people in Oman through better communication services.

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Nawras :
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. It launched its service in March 2005 as the challenger mobile operator in Oman operating under the name Nawras . Nawras was awarded the second fixed licence in Oman in 2009, and launched its international gateway in April 2010, its corporate fixed and broadband services in May 2010, and its residential fixed and broadband services in June 2010. Since 2010 Nawras has been an integrated services telecommunications operator and is currently serving around 2 million customers across the Sultanate. Following a successful IPO, Nawras is listed on the Muscat Stock Market (MSM) under the "nwrs" ticker since 1 November 2010. Nawras is majority owned by the Qtel Group and also has a number of significant Omani shareholders which ensures that the company is strongly integrated into the Omani society. Nawras has won a number of awards including Innovation in HR Strategy 2011 from Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards, Outstanding Leader from TMT Finance Middle East 2011, Best IPO in the Middle East from emeafinance magazine and Strategic Leadership Award from Global HR Excellence Awards 2011.

About the Qtel Group
The Qtel Group provides a full range of telecommunications services in Qatar and across its presence in 17 countries. Our vision is to be among the top 20 telecommunications companies in the world by 2020 through expansion in both the MENA region and South East Asia.

For further information please contact:
Julie Amann
Press Manager
e-mail: julie.amann@nawras.om
+968 9510 3669

© Press Release 2012