Ooredoo Kuwait appoints new COO

KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait announced yesterday the appointment of Fadi Kawar, who is joining Ooredoo Kuwait family as Chief Operating Officer. Kawar has almost thirty years of experience

under his belt, and a wealth of international telecommunications experience having worked for industry like “Lebara” in KSA- an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator), Etihad EtisalatMobily and was the Chairman of Board and CEO of Telecommunications Regulatory Commission in Jordan.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer at Ooredoo Kuwait welcomed Kawar and said: “We wish to extend a very warm welcome to Mr. Fadi Kawar

for joining Ooredoo Kuwait’s family. We are confident in his ability to contribute positively to our ongoing success in Ooredoo Kuwait, and we wish him a prosperous journey with us”.

Ooredoo’s operations in Kuwait date back to December 1999 when it launched wireless services as the second operator. The company today provides mobile, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of customers and businesses. Ooredoo Kuwait -which is an enlisted company in

the Kuwait Stock Exchange Market operates a number of telecom service providers in the region, such as Ooredoo Algeria, Ooredoo Tunis, Ooredoo Maldives, and Wataniya Palestine. Ooredoo’s customer base in Kuwait increased 2 percent to 2.3 million for the nine months period ended 30 September 2018, compared to the same period in 2017. Revenues for the nine month period were KD 181.7 million, an increase of 13 percent compared to KD 160.7 million for the same period in 2017.