{"id":902,"date":"2020-06-29T22:40:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/?p=902"},"modified":"2020-06-29T22:40:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:40:16","slug":"ooredoo-ranked-25th-in-the-middle-easts-top-100-companies-2020-by-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/post-902","title":{"rendered":"Ooredoo Ranked 25th in The Middle East\u2019s Top 100 Companies 2020 by Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ooredoo Group has been ranked 25<sup>th<\/sup> in the &#8216;The Middle East&#8217;s Top 100 Companies\u00a02020&#8217; by Forbes magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Targeting an audience of business leaders and influencers, <em>Forbes<\/em> promises \u2018Global 2000 Highlights\u2019, by taking readers \u2018Inside the Numbers of the World\u2019s Largest Public Companies\u2019. From this perspective, the magazine also profiles Ooredoo at the end of March 2020 as one of the top three regional telecommunications operators, with sales worth $8.2 billion and profits of $611 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting upon this news, Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, Group Chief Executive Officer, Ooredoo, said: \u201cThis latest accolade reflects our phenomenal growth and vision. We have taken giant leaps since the company was founded as the Qatar National Telecom Service in 1949, with one Doha telephone exchange and a capacity of just 50 lines <em>\u2014<\/em> as <em>Forbes<\/em> correctly deduces from its thorough overview of the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Forbes<\/em>\u2019 commentary is framed by the economic uncertainty which has accompanied the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these difficult conditions <em>\u2014<\/em> to which Ooredoo has developed a robust response <em>\u2014<\/em> the Group has retained assets worth $24.2 billion and an overall market value of $5.2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani added: \u201cOur teams around the world are working together as one to enable the communities we serve by providing much needed relief measures, innovative solutions and digital services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Forbes<\/em> also notes that the group employs over 16,000 people, and has football\u2019s Leo Messi as a global brand ambassador. According to Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, such colleagues \u201cexemplify Ooredoo Group\u2019s vision and values<em>\u2014 <\/em>expressed in a genuine commitment to our company&#8217;s goals\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ooredoo Group has been ranked 25th in the &#8216;The Middle East&#8217;s Top 100 Companies\u00a02020&#8217; by Forbes magazine. Targeting an audience of business leaders and influencers, Forbes promises \u2018Global 2000 Highlights\u2019, by taking readers \u2018Inside the Numbers of the World\u2019s Largest Public Companies\u2019. From this perspective, the magazine also profiles Ooredoo at the end of March &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/post-902\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ooredoo Ranked 25th in The Middle East\u2019s Top 100 Companies 2020 by Forbes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,6],"tags":[148,147],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aonews.mv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}