COUNTRY FOCUS: QATAR
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AS THE
COUNTDOWN
TO 2022 HAS
BEGUN, WE NEED
TO ENSURE THAT
QATAR IS READY
AHEAD OF TIME.
higher speeds and capacity, and extreme
low latency. Ooredoo 5G will enable new
types of applications like driverless cars and
smart roads, the connection of millions of
low powered connected devices, Augmented
Reality and much more.
Ooredoo welcomes device manufacturers
and developers of 5G use cases to Qatar so
that arrangements can be made for them
to test against the world’s first, deployed,
commercial 5G network.
Pushing forward
Due to world-wide manufacturing
limitations, Ooredoo’s 5G Supernet network
is not yet accessible by smartphones.
However, the company has stated that it is
working to rapidly roll-out its state-of-the-art
network so that consumers and businesses
across Qatar can instantly benefit as soon as
compatible devices are made available.
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With over 75 5G-ready Ooredoo network
towers now in place around Doha, the
company has announced it is pushing
forward with testing the first-ever live 5G
home broadband devices.
The first results of rigorous stress tests using
25 home broadband 5G devices show
super-fast ‘fibre comparable’ speeds on the
Ooredoo 5G network. These tests were made
in real-life non-laboratory environments
across various parts of the city.
So far, the company has announced the new
5G home broadband devices will work on
both the Ooredoo 4G and 5G network and
can achieve speeds of up to 2 Gbps, 20 times
the speeds of Ooredoo’s 100Mbps fibre.
Talking about the results, Al Sayed said:
“Some of Qatar’s most populated areas
in Doha are now 5G-enabled, meaning a
huge number of Ooredoo customers and
businesses will be able to instantly access
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