Although I read the comments by the ICTQatar head from several months back indicating that the next carrier will not use Qtel infrastructure...I really don't think that would be realistic because that will require an immediate investment of several billions and will have a really long period to develope their return on investment (ROI)...particularly long because all the while the infrastructure is being built, not a penny is being earned. The normal method of operation for a new telco coming into a market is to use the existing carrier's infrastructure long enough to ensure that a market for an alternative provider exists and to make enough profit to make building out their own infrastructure viable.
If this is not the way it's going to happen, then I would be really surprised and not looking forward to all the additional road digging and various other communications disruptions that will take place from these "professional" cutting existing lines while they are digging to install the new lines...of course, with all the digging that has already taken place and the fact that the coming of a new carrier has been in the works for a couple of years it is quite possible that Qtel already installed excess capacity to "resell" at a premium, of course, to the new carrier...whomever it was going to be...either way Qtel will not lose a penny quite the opposite actually.
Plus the development of the new National Data Center (NDC) will be an interesting situation as they also want to perform some of the same services as Qtel...makes you wonder what kind of things are going on at the highest levels of government and who will come out on top. Right now it doesn't seem to be a clear plan or path...or at least not one that is being made public.
Although I read the comments by the ICTQatar head from several months back indicating that the next carrier will not use Qtel infrastructure...I really don't think that would be realistic because that will require an immediate investment of several billions and will have a really long period to develope their return on investment (ROI)...particularly long because all the while the infrastructure is being built, not a penny is being earned. The normal method of operation for a new telco coming into a market is to use the existing carrier's infrastructure long enough to ensure that a market for an alternative provider exists and to make enough profit to make building out their own infrastructure viable.
If this is not the way it's going to happen, then I would be really surprised and not looking forward to all the additional road digging and various other communications disruptions that will take place from these "professional" cutting existing lines while they are digging to install the new lines...of course, with all the digging that has already taken place and the fact that the coming of a new carrier has been in the works for a couple of years it is quite possible that Qtel already installed excess capacity to "resell" at a premium, of course, to the new carrier...whomever it was going to be...either way Qtel will not lose a penny quite the opposite actually.
Plus the development of the new National Data Center (NDC) will be an interesting situation as they also want to perform some of the same services as Qtel...makes you wonder what kind of things are going on at the highest levels of government and who will come out on top. Right now it doesn't seem to be a clear plan or path...or at least not one that is being made public.