Ooredoo Group

Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. is a Qatari state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Doha. The company was founded by the government of Qatar in Doha in 1987, initially as the 100% state-owned "Qatar Public Telecommunications Corporation", and in 1998 it was transformed into "Qatar Telecom" ("Qtel"), and has since become the largest communications operator in Qatar. Qtel Group and all its operating companies worldwide were officially unified under Ooredoo Group in February 2013, as part of the company's strategy to combine its assets to form a global business within the telecommunications industry.

Ooredoo operates in nine countries and territories across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia: Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Palestine, Qatar and Tunisia. The company operates through Ooredoo Qatar, Asiacell, Ooredoo Hutchison Asia, Ooredoo Oman, Ooredoo Algeria, and Ooredoo Kuwait segments, offering cellular, mobile and fixed telecommunications, internet service provider, multimedia, data communication, and internet services. The company has experienced significant growth with QAR 24.604 billion (US$6.76bn) in revenues in FY2025, and has 11,547 employees in 2024.

Recent Leadership & Strategic Developments

Ooredoo has appointed Khalid Hassan Al-Hamadi as OFN's Chief Executive Officer, effective February 15, 2026, leading a new international connectivity infrastructure entity to scale fibre and submarine cable investments and capture accelerating AI-driven global data demand. In February 2026, Ooredoo announced its 2025 profits rose 12.47 percent to cross QAR 3.86 billion.

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