Muscat, 10 January 2010 - Nawras is bringing BlackBerry to a whole new audience in the Sultanate by launching the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone with an Arabic keyboard for the fantastic offer price of just RO 119 including one month's free BlackBerry® subscription.  Customers are being advised to take advantage of this offer by visiting any Nawras Store at the earliest possible opportunity, as this highly attractive offer is only available for a limited period.

The BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 is packed with features that will appeal to many customers with varying usage styles.  Business customers are likely to be attracted to the technology of the model, in particular, the organiser, wireless email and secure corporate data access as well as impressive clarity of the high resolution display and convenience of an expandable memory up to 16GB. Those who like to enjoy the latest trends and technology or customers who are simply looking for a must-have handset, will no doubt be lured by the music, Wi-Fi, camera, web browsing and easy social networking including the unlimited BlackBerry® Messenger aspects of this model.

BlackBerry® has become a phenomenal worldwide success story and through this incredible offer, Oman's customer friendly communications provider is looking forward to giving more customers the opportunity to benefit from a rewarding mobile experience. 

Hussain Al-Lawati, department head, direct sales, said, "Whether for business use, purely for pleasure or a combination of both, the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 with one month's free subscription provides the latest way to enjoy great value, pleasingly different service and excellent quality from Nawras."

A Qtel Group company, Nawras was recently awarded 'Customer Service Provider of the Year' as well as 'Middle East Call Centre of the Year'.  The company's 21 stores are found nationwide and are manned by friendly professionals who are ready to answer any questions about BlackBerry or to give guidance on any aspect of the benefits of being a Nawras customer.  The new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 can be seen and tested at any Nawras Store from today with this promotional offer available until 10 March 2010.

Further details of this promotion together with all the exciting offers and services currently available from this innovative operator can be found by visiting www.nawras.om/blackberry. Nawras customers also have the option of sending an SMS with the keyword Nawras to 1500 for free information on any aspect of the 'Superbrand' service they enjoy.

Nawras currently covers 96% of the population with its reliable EDGE network and over 40% with its trusted 3G+ network. 

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Nawras:
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOC was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. It launched its service in March 2005 as the second mobile operator in Oman operating under the name Nawras. Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOC is majority owned by the Qtel Group, the leading telecommunications provider in Qatar and one of the world's leading telecommunications companies. Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOC 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 Middle East Call Centre of the Year 2009, Middle East Mobile Operator of the Year from CommsMEA and Above and Beyond the Call of Duty at the World BSS Awards.  Nawras was named Best Telecom Brand Oman 2008 by a leading local business magazine.

Qtel Group: 
Based in Qatar, The Qtel Group is a diversified telecommunications group with three business lines including consumer telephony, consumer broadband and corporate managed services, and is committed to expansion in line with its strategic vision of becoming a global top 20 telecommunications provider by the year 2020. Over the past three years, The Qtel Group has built a successful track record of acquisitions hence expanding its geographic footprint from 2 to 17 countries within the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, connecting more than 57 million customers.

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

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