A former senior Qatar Telecom official has been appointed to lead a new company tasked with building a nationwide fibre optic broadband network in the Gulf state.
The Supreme Council of Information and Communications Technology (ictQatar) said Mohammed Al Mannai would be the CEO of the Qatar National Broadband Network (Q.NBN).
Al Mannai has more than 13 years of experience in network planning, deployment and optimisation with Qtel, where he most recently served as senior director for Network Design and Rollout.
As part of that role, he was responsible for the design and implementation of both fixed and wireless networks for Qtel.
Al Mannai was also part of the team involved in network planning, building and operations for the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
“The Qatar National Broadband Network represents Qatar’s digital highway to the future and is an essential service for our citizens as we move our country forward. I am confident that Mohammed Al Mannai will provide the leadership and vision necessary to make the Qatar National Broadband Network a reality, to the benefit of everyone in Qatar,” said Dr Hessa Al-Jaber, ictQATAR’s secretary general.
Q.NBN is a fully independent company with the government mandate to accelerate the rollout of a nationwide, open, and accessible high-speed broadband Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network.
Q.NBN will provide fibre access to citizens and businesses across Qatar, achieving coverage targets in excess of 95 percent by 2015.
The resulting high-speed broadband connectivity will enable the effective use of multimedia and communications applications that are central to developing Qatar’s knowledge economy, ictQatar said in a statement.
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