Ooredoo passes 100 million subscriber milestone

Ooredoo today announced that its customer base has exceeded 100 million people across its footprint in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Ooredoo achieved this milestone in Q4 2014 according to figures released today, following a year that saw the company grow its customer base in key markets like Qatar, Algeria, and Oman, as well as launch operations in new markets like Myanmar.

Ooredoo operates in markets with an addressable population of more than 700 million people, and sees strong potential for growth across its footprint.

Its newest market, Myanmar, has a population of around 53 million people and a relatively low mobile penetration rate of 27 per cent, according to the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology. Within its first month of commercial operations in 2014, Ooredoo reached more than one million customers in the country.

Ooredoo also achieved key milestones in a number of its core markets in 2014, growing its customer base in Qatar to more than three million and reaching more than 3.5 million 3G customers in Algeria within one year of the launch of 3G services.