Passive aggressive: shared network to boost fibre coverage to 95% by 2015

The government of Qatar has established the Qatar National Broadband Network Company (Q.NBN) with the aim of deploying passive infrastructure to accelerate the rollout of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) access for consumers and businesses across the country, the secretary general of telecoms regulator ictQATAR, Hessa Al-Jaber, announced. The state-led Q.NBN project is being developed in partnership with incumbent Qatar Telecom and second national operator licensee Vodafone Qatar, aiming to cover 95% of the population with FTTH by 2015.