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[Doha Qatar –27 July 2007] Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today announced that Huawei has been successfully deployed the ME60, Multi-Service Control Gateway (MSCG) product for Qatar Telecom ("Qtel"), and helps to provide all its broadband subscribers with abundant and reliable services. In the future, all Qtel's Internet services will be migrated, step by step, onto the ME60 platform.

By deploying the ME60, Qtel is building up a secure, reliable, operable and full-service Ethernet network with good quality of service (QoS) assurance and will be able to provide its customers with a large number of carrier-class services.

"We are glad to have this opportunity to cooperate with Qtel," said Yao Fuhai, senior vice president of Huawei. "Huawei is focused on the telecoms market in the data communication field, and we deeply understand the requirements of our customers. We hope to bring a carrier-class high-reliability IP network to Qtel and to help provide its subscribers with increased services through our cooperation."

Qtel is a large telecommunication operator in the Middle-East undergoing telecommunication transformation. After half a year of conducting strict tests on devices and solutions from worldwide major vendors, Qtel selected Huawei's MSCG product, ME60, for its high reliability and multi-service bearing capability.


About Qatar Telecom

Qtel is Qatar's exclusive telecommunications provider and one of the largest public companies in the country with around 1,900 employees. The company was successfully floated on the Doha Securities Market (DSM) in 1998, and subsequently listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1999, the Bahrain Stock Exchange in 2001 and the Abu Dhabi Securities Market in 2002. Qtel provides a range of telecommunications products including national, international, mobile GSM, Internet and cable television services. Creating value for Qtel's shareholders by combining the latest products and services with superior customer service is our strategic vision within Qatar's modernizing and rapidly-growing economy. We are currently seeking international investment opportunities as well as executing an extensive transformation program to develop our advanced telecommunications network and achieve world-class operational efficiency.