Vodafone Qatar claims 47 per cent market share end-March

Vodafone Qatar grew its customer numbers by 11 per cent over the year to each 837,233 at the end of March 2012. The operator said this represents 47 per cent of the population of Qatar who are now using Vodafone’s services.

Customer growth this year has been driven by enhancements to the mobile network and the launch of innovative promotions and services such as the Swalif local calling offer and BlackBerry on prepaid.

"We’re proud of the continued growth of our customer base, which has been supported by the completion of our mobile network deployment. We now have nationwide coverage, excellent voice quality and a very impressive experience for customers accessing the Internet on their Vodafone devices. The challenging start-up phase is now behind us and we are looking forward to welcoming even more customers onto our network," said Richard Daly, CEO of Vodafone Qatar.