Ooredoo Maldives

Ooredoo Maldives
Formerly
 Wataniya Maldives
Public
Industry Telecommunication
Founded February, 2005 (as Wataniya Maldives) ; April 2014 (as Ooredoo Maldives)
Headquarters Malé, Maldives
Key people

Mr. Najib Khan (CEO)

Vikram Sinha (M.D.)
Products GSM, 3G & 4G LTE
Revenue
  • IncreaseUS$78000000 (2016)
  • US$57000000 (2015)
Number of employees
 350+ full time
Parent Ooredoo
Website www.ooredoo.mv

Ooredoo Maldives (formerly Wataniya Maldives[1]) is a mobile operator in the Maldives, owned by Ooredoo Group.[2]

History

The firm was issued a licence as the new mobile phone operator in February 2005.[3] Ooredoo Maldives was selected after a bidding process with three other companies. All the bidders proposed competitive tariffs, but Ooredoo Maldives[4] was investing heavily to deliver new services in the fastest possible time thus succeeded the competition. Currently they are providing GSM services throughout Maldives, with other value-added services. Ooredoo Maldives, is also the first to launch a 3.5G HSDPA network in the Maldives, on April 17, 2008, offering video calls and high speed mobile data connectivity.

Registered as a service provider in GCC, Ooredoo is already a leading mobile phone operator in the Middle East and North Africa. It is proven that Ooredoo is currently serving a total of more than three million customers in Asia.

Ooredoo Maldives is the sole competitor of Dhiraagu,[5] the very first Maldivian telecommunications company. Dhiraagu dominated the market for a period of 17 years, being the only operator for that period.

Current standing

The Company is part of the Ooredoo Group, an international telecommunications service provider with a customer base of over 138 Million spread across 10 countries as at December 31, 2016. The “Ooredoo” brand has been valued at USD 3.1 Billion and recognized amongst the world’s top fifty most valuable telecommunications brand by the leading intangible asset valuation consultancy, Brand Finance, in their “Telecoms 500 2017” report published on February 27, 2017.

Governance

Board of directors[6]

The members of Ooredoo Maldives's board of directors are as follows:

Name Position[7]
Mr. Khalid Ibrahim Al Mahmoud Chairman /Independent Director
Mr. Vikram Sinha Executive Director/Managing Director
Dr. A Hamid Mohd A Marafi Independent Director
Mr. Ian Grant Fenton Independent Director
Mr. Khalid Hasaan M A Al-Hamadi Independent Director
Uza. Dheena Hussain Non-Executive Director/Company Secretary
Mr. Najib Khan Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Ramanathan Sivakumar Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer

Senior Management[6]

The members of Ooredoo Maldives's Senior Management are as follows:

Name Position[7]
Mr. Najib Khan Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Ramanathan Sivakumar Chief Financial Officer
Mr. M S Tanwar Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Balaji Srinivasan Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Mohamed Shahid Director Human Resources and Administration
Mr. Sunil Mishra Head of Strategy and PMO
Ms. Gulnaz Mahir Head of Customer Care
Mr. Hussain Niyaz Head of Sales

Chief Executive Officer Mr. Najib Khan

Mr. Najib Khan is the newly appointed CEO of OMPL,[8] effective from April 2017, having joined the Ooredoo Group in November 2014 as a Senior Director in the Commercial Division.

Managing Director Mr. Vikram Sinha

Mr. Vikram Sinha has served as the CEO of OMPL since April 2014. He has been promoted to Managing Director[9] of OMPL from April 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "Ooredoo Maldives". Wikipedia. 2017-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Ooredoo". Wikipedia. 2017-03-10.
  3. ↑ "Ooredoo | Welcome". ooredoo.mv. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Wataniya Maldives is now Ooredoo". ooredoo.mv. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Dhiraagu - Maldives No. 1 Telecommunication Service Provider". www.dhiraagu.com.mv. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  6. 1 2 "Ooredoo IPO". ooredoo.mv. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  7. 1 2 "Ooredoo IPO".
  8. ↑ "Najib Khan Appointed as New CEO & Former CEO Appointment as Managing Director". Miadhu Online. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  9. ↑ "Ooredoo Announces Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer for Ooredoo Maldives". article.wn.com. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
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