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Nawras CEO opens pleasingly different store in Al Buraimi

Nawras is excited to announce the official opening of its 29th store nationwide in the prime location of Lulu Hypermarket in Al Buraimi. The new store featuring the signature vibrant Nawras colours and retail environment, is showcasing a fun and innovative approach to communications and bringing the full range of pleasingly different Nawras products and services to the Al Buraimi Governorate. 

Feras Al Shaikh, Nawras Consumer Sales Director, said, “This is an exciting opportunity for Nawras to reach more people in Al Buraimi and across the entire Governorate. With this new store, we are able to cater for the growing needs of customers by providing a one stop shop for all our customers’ communications requirements, especially the very popular Home Broadband and Nawras Mousbak packages. Naturally, all Nawras customers can also enjoy caring after sales service from our Customer Champions.” 

Opened by Ross Cormack, Nawras CEO, and Said Al Shamsi, Nawras Premium Distributor in the region, the latest dynamic store offers customers the ‘zonal’ design first introduced at the Muscat Grand Mall flagship store which has since set the benchmark for all new Nawras stores.  

The Al Buraimi store is managed by Hamed Al Maqbali.  The store is open daily from 9am until 10pm except Fridays when it operates from 9am until 11am and from 3pm until 10pm. Nawras has 29 stores spread across the country with locations, timings and contact numbers listed on the company’s award winning website.  At each location, friendly Nawras Sales Champions help customers with every aspect of their communication needs and requirements to further enrich the overall customer experience. 

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Notes to the Editor:

 

Nawras:

Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. It launched its service in March 2005 as the challenger mobile operator in Oman operating under the name Nawras. Nawras was awarded the second fixed licence in Oman in 2009, and launched its international gateway in April 2010, its corporate fixed and broadband services in May 2010, and its residential fixed and broadband services in June 2010. Since 2010, Nawras has been an integrated services telecommunications operator and is currently serving over 2 million customers across the Sultanate. Following a successful IPO, Nawras is listed on the Muscat Stock Market (MSM) under the “nwrs” ticker since 1 November 2010.  Nawras is majority owned by Ooredoo, formerly known as Qtel Group, and also has a number of significant Omani shareholders which ensures that the company is strongly integrated into the Omani society. Nawras has won a number of awards including Jury’s Distinction Award for Customer Service Excellence in the telecom sector 2013, Innovation in HR Strategy 2011 from Asia’s Best Employer Brand Awards, Outstanding Leader from TMT Finance Middle East 2011, Best IPO in the Middle East from emeafinance magazine and Strategic Leadership Award from Global HR Excellence Awards 2011.

About Ooredoo:

Ooredoo, formerly known as Qtel Group, is a leading international communications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and South-East Asia. As a community-focused company, Ooredoo is guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential. Ooredoo has a presence in markets such as Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Palestine, the Maldives and Indonesia. The company reported annual revenues of $9.3 billion U.S. dollars and had a consolidated global customer base of more than 92 million people as of 31 December 2012. Ooredoo’s shares are listed on the Qatar Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange 

For further information please contact: 

Julie Amann                                                                  Shaza Taher

Department Head - External Public Relations                  TRACCS Public Relations

e-mail: julie.amann@nawras.om                          e-mail: shaza.taher@traccs.net

+968 9510 3669                                                             +968 9601 8881

 



Source: http://www.nawras.om

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