Sheikh Fahad bin Ghanim Al Abdul Rahman Al Thani and CEO of Orange Business Services Vivek Badrinath during the official launch.
DOHA: Orange Business Services, the business services arm of France Telecom-Orange, has announced the launch of a joint venture company in Qatar, through the establishment of EGN LLC, which will trade in Qatar as Orange Business Services.
The new local Qatari company has been established in partnership with Sheikh Fahad bin Ghanim Al Abdul Rahman Al Thani, as the majority shareholder. Through the new company, Orange Business Services will address the significant ICT market opportunities in Qatar.
EGN LLC is the most recent local company established by Orange Business Services in the Middle East and Africa Region and is the first of its kind dedicated to large systems integration programmes and operations. Orange Business Services has also announced the appointment of Antoine Farah as General Manager of the company, along with a team of senior professionals to qualify, design and build targeted projects.
The new team will comprise programme directors, senior architects, project managers, subject matter experts and operations directors, and will focus on target business sectors including oil and gas, government sector projects, telecom company systems integrators, new cities and large infrastructure projects.
Commenting on the new Qatar joint venture, Sheikh Fahad said: “This new joint venture company is a very significant step that will support the development of world class ICT infrastructure in Qatar, and the broader economy, as a partner for the long term, bringing new technology and complex integration capability.”
The official launch of Orange Business Services in Qatar took place at the Hilton Doha, on Tuesday at a reception hosted by Sheikh Fahad and Vivek Badrinath, CEO of Orange Business Services, attended by Qatari VIPs and senior representatives of Orange Business Services and the extended business community.
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