Nawras introduces SmartRoamer

Following the announcement of the international roaming service - SmartRoamer - by The Qtel Group in Barcelona earlier this year, Nawras, a Qtel Group company, is pleased to announce that this service is now ready and customers can benefit from lower rates for calling, sms and data usage when roaming in the GCC countries of Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Nawras is giving more than 60% discount on call tariffs, more than 80% on wireless data services and a reduction of over 25% on SMS. The significant reduction in data charges is expected to be greeted with great enthusiasm by travelling business customers, in particular.

Nawras customers gain from one of the Qtel Group’s key aspirations which is to continuously be able to cater to the changing requirements and needs of its customers, and ensure they remain connected wherever they are and at all times. SmartRoamer means that all the Qtel Group customers are now able to enjoy the great benefits this service brings in Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. As it continues towards its 2020 vision of becoming one of the world’s leading telecommunications companies, the Qtel Group is increasingly leveraging its strength and reach to deliver new products and services to its customers.

The SmartRoamer service gives all Nawras customers the potential to enjoy considerable savings when making local calls in any of these GCC travel destinations as well as when calling back home to Oman.

The new low rates will automatically be extended to all customers. There is no need for any registration or sign up to begin enjoying this exciting offer. Importantly, the ‘SmartRoamer’ service from Nawras is for all customers - postpaid and prepaid - in contrast to other more limited regional offers.

“Until now, Nawras customers have been calling home from GCC countries for around 500 Baizas per minute and that is now reduced to just 199 Baizas per minute,” said Ross Cormack, CEO.

“Data roaming prices have been slashed even further from around RO6 per MB previously to only RO1.199 today. SmartRoamer gives Nawras customers fantastic value when travelling because it costs much less to surf the net or call home to the family when using SmartRoamer networks,” he said.

“Nawras customers will now get considerably more value for money when travelling abroad. Being able to get closer to friends, family and colleagues when you are out of the Sultanate is most important and Nawras understands this,” said Cormack.
 
 
Nawras is thrilled to be a part of the Qtel Group’s innovative ‘SmartRoamer’, giving customers attractive calling and data packages across the region with Batelco in Bahrain, Qtel in Qatar, STC/Al Jawal and Mobily in Saudi Arabia, Etisalat in UAE and Wataniya in Kuwait.

Customers can find more details about this great new offer by visiting the Nawras website at www.nawras.om or by sending a free SMS with the keyword Smart to 1500.

By notching up the widest international roaming coverage in the Sultanate of Oman, Nawras gives customers 384 international roaming partners in 164 countries. This award winning company also offers Nawras Ajel customers 177 data roaming partners in 95 countries while Nawras Mousbak customers benefit from data roaming being available in a total of 32 countries. Nawras also leads the way with 51 3G+ roaming partners in 33 countries as well as 53 full prepaid roaming partners (CAMEL) in 24 countries.

With SmartRoamer and this wide selection of roaming partners, Nawras is helping customers to get closer to friends, family and business colleagues when travelling abroad.
 

 

 

21st  Jun 2009