Muscat, 19 November 2011 - Nawras, Oman's customer friendly communications provider is greeting new customers with extra value in every welcome pack. The new offers will enable customers to get closer to friends and family while enjoying a pleasingly different communications experience.

Customers choosing the Nawras Mousbak prepaid option can buy a welcome pack for just two Omani Rials and along with their SIM card they will receive the same value in credit to make calls, send SMS or use for any other Nawras service. 

New Nawras Ajel postpaid customers also get a great deal with welcome packs priced at only two Omani Rials.  Each pack contains 100 minutes of free Nawras to Nawras calls to get closer to friends and family over the following two-month period. Fifty free minutes will be given in the first month and fifty in the second month.

Nawras Ajel customers enjoy a regular calling rate of just 19 Baizas per minute for all calls to other Nawras customers and only 39 Baizas for other national calls.

"We've packed great value into these welcome pack offers and as a result, we are looking forward to welcoming many new customers to the Nawras family," said Aziz Al-Harrasi, Nawras Head of Marketing Core Services. "Nawras Mousbak customers can also take advantage of special rates like Favourite Local Numbers to get closer to their friends and family for only 19 Baiza per minute."

Customers with Nawras Mousbak prepaid service can pay a minimal monthly fee of one Omani Rial to select four favourite local numbers to call anytime over the following 30 days, for only 19 Baiza per minute.  The initial set up fee is just 100 Baiza per number and any number can be changed for the same low rate. 

Nawras Ajel customers can talk now and pay later while enjoying highly competitive voice and SMS prices. The monthly clear and itemised bill can be received by email for those who wish to join Nawras in protecting the environment although the traditional paper version is also available.  Accounts can be paid at any Nawras Store, at any one of the 55 self service machines located nationwide and through numerous and varied bank channels.

Full details of current offers as well as all the other pleasingly different benefits of being a Nawras customer can be seen by visiting the company's award winning website at www.nawras.om or by calling into any Nawras Store where friendly professionals are ready to assist.

A member of the Qtel Group, Nawras is committed to enriching 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, a leading global telecommunications group, with a presence in 17 markets and a customer base of more than 77 million. Nawras 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

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