Wataniya Telecom, Kuwait’s Red Carpet Company, yesterday hosted Tools for Business 2006, the first seminar of its kind in the country, that brought together innovation leaders who aim to make the concept of mobile business a reality in Kuwait. The seminar, which was held at the Salwa Al Sobah ballroom, comprised of a series of speeches, a case study and a panel discussion. The day long event was inaugurated by Mr. Faisal Al Ayyar, Chairman of Wataniya Telecom.
“Wataniya Telecom is defining and innovating new services based on the needs of its corporate customers which today place Kuwait at the forefront of the region’s mobile services market. Tools for Business is a testament of our achievements and what is to come in the near future,” said Harri Koponen, GM & CEO, Wataniya Telecom. “We wanted to showcase our services and vision to a diverse group of Kuwait’s most influential businesses in a setting that falls in line with our red carpet company creed.”
The seminar featured high profile Jarmo Hostio, Senior Manager, Channel Development EMEA, Enterprise Solution, Nokia and Fredrik Thunberg, Marketing Manager-Enterprise Strategies, Ericsson that addressed the process of integrating and mobilizing a business, respectively. The case study was presented by Al Masar Group Co, who has already incorporated an array of Wataniya’s B2B tools into their businesses. “Wataniya Telecom is delivering true value for Kuwaiti organizations and has a clear vision for the development and growth of business support services in Kuwait moving forwards,” said Saud Murad, General Manager, Al-Masar Group Co. “The future of enterprise communications will be based on empowering businesses with the right tools and that is already evident in the increase in connectivity and efficiency within our organization.”
The fast market growth is driving the ICT industry’s research & development initiatives for the provision of services that enable better business efficiency. Wataniya’s contribution to delivering value to Kuwaiti organisations has been through advanced business services such as Wmail, Wconnect and Wnet which were launched through consecutive campaigns throughout the past year. “Wataniya Telecom has strongly invested of solid work in transforming itself into a leading regional provider of business and public services. We started by taking a leading role in bringing broadband connectivity to Kuwait, as a platform for the provision of mobile enterprise applications and acknowledging that Kuwait’s increasingly competitive business environment is driving the need for faster, more reliable, ‘anywhere’ connectivity,” said Niklas Sonkin, Chief Strategy Officer and Director of B2B Business, Wataniya Telecom. “Today, we consider Wataniya to be the backbone of the ICT sector in Kuwait.”
Born into a monopoly telecom market, Wataniya Telecom has been a driving force in increasing the mobile communications market penetration in Kuwait to 90 percent of the population; one of the highest penetration rates in the region.
About Wataniya Telecom
Launched in December 1999, Wataniya Telecom is positioned today the leading provider of mobile services in Kuwait and has been a driving force in increasing the mobile communications market penetration to over 90% percent of the population.
With operations in Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Maldives, Wataniya is actively expanding its presence within the region as well in Asia, serving over 6.3 million customers, in countries counted over 92 millions citizens in total.
The Company provides a wide range of leading EDGE wireless voice and data services delivered with high quality and designed to meet customer’s needs and requirements.
