www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Qatar, the newly launched mobile operator in the country, reportedly anticipates to capture nearly 60% of the Qatari mobile market in next 10 years, a senior company official has said.

“We hope that by 2019 Vodafone Qatar will have acquired 40-60 percent market share as we will be offering quality product and a great distribution system nationwide,” director, Consumer Business Unit, Vodafone Qatar, Daniel Horan reportedly said.
He further revealed that the operator is in partnership with 10 leading companies to open around 100 more distribution outlets by next week.

“Next week, we will have 100 more sales outlets in addition to the 26 already existing to take the number of distribution outlets to 126 in the country,” Horan said.
The operator further aims to raise the number of sales outlet to 1500 by year-end. Horan further unveiled that the operator intends to introduce prepaid services by next month, a part of its market strategy.
“Very soon Vodafone Qatar will be announcing a major initiative for customer services and this will set new industry benchmarks in this segment,” Horan added.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange Poland has unveiled new tariffs for its prepaid services. The subscribers who top up their accounts for a minimum of PLN 50 will receive a flat rate of PLN 0.29 per minute to all networks. For a top-up of PLN 100, the call tariff to Orange lines slides to PLN 0.20 per minute. For lower top-ups, the tariff stands at PLN 0.59 per minute for a PLN 5 top-up or PLN 0.39 for a PLN 25 top-up.
The new tariffs don’t include calls made to the Play and Polsat networks. SMS tariff stands at PLN 0.18 each regardless of the top-up amount.
Under the new Orange Go offer, subscribers who make regular top-ups will also be offered free calls at the weekend.
For a top-up of PLN 25 every two weeks, subscribers will receive two hours of calls to Orange fixed and mobile lines at weekends or 30 minutes to other networks. The amount of free calls rises with higher top-ups.

Euronet Worldwide’s prepaid subsidiary, e-pay Australia, has signed a Prepaid Distribution Pact with Vodafone Australia. According to Vodafone, it has appointed e-pay as its exclusive agent in Australia to distribute Vodafone Prepaid Recharge products through retail channels.

Steve Bannigan, General Manager Consumer Sales at Vodafone Australia, said, “With its record of reliability and robust technology platform, we believe e-pay Australia is well placed to satisfy the needs of our retail partner community, which represents more than 12,000 points of presence.”

“Vodafone continues to offer innovative prepaid services, and today’s announcement is an important step forward with the e-pay distribution network making it very convenient and easy for customers to recharge their prepaid credit,” added Bannigan.

The terms and conditions of the agreement between e-pay and Vodafone are not yet disclosed.

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