Ooredoo Maldives Plc trading as Ooredoo Maldives, launched its operations in the Maldives on August 01, 2005 as Wataniya Telecom Maldives Private Limited, a subsidiary of National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.S.C.P (“NMTC”). The Company is the second licensee to be issued with a mobile telecommunications service provider license in the Maldives. As part of the rebranding strategy carried out by the Ooredoo Group, the Company changed its name to Ooredoo Maldives Private Limited on December 22, 2013. The Company changed its legal status to that of a public limited company on October 06, 2016 and was accordingly re-registered as Ooredoo Maldives Public Limited Company.
The parent company, Ooredoo QSC, is publicly traded on the Qatar Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. Its ownership includes members of the Qatari royal family, with H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Bin Saud Al Thani serving as the company's chairman and Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani as Ooredoo Group CEO. The Maldivian subsidiary, Ooredoo Maldives, falls under this corporate ownership structure.
3G Network
The company launched its 3G services on the B1 (2100 MHz) band in 2008, later refarming the network to 4G.
3G Frequency Bands
3G Network Events
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4G Network
4G services were launched on the B7 (2600 MHz) band in 2014. The company began piloting LTE-A in October 2014, and launched the service in January 2017 advertising "4G+" services with up to 100 Mbps peak DL data rates combining B3 (1800 MHz) with B7 (2600 MHz). Additional B1 and B8 services were added following the refarming of the company's 3G spectrum.
4G Frequency Bands
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20
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Active
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10
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Active
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10
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Active
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10
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Active
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4G Network Events
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Launch of 4G Network
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Launch
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5G Network
Ooredoo partnered with Huawei for its 5G rollout in Maldives. Ooredoo launched commercial 5G services in the Maldives in December 2020 with the initial rollout covering a large percentage of the capital city of Malé. Due to the data rates advertised by Ooredoo it is assumed that a 100 MHz channel is in use, and the service is likely be using C-Band 3.5 GHz.
5G Frequency Bands
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100
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Unconfirmed
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5G Network Events
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Launch of 5G Network
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Launch
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