sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message ooredoo maldives type private industry telecommunication founded february 2005 as wataniya maldives ; april 2014 as ooredoo maldives headquarters mal maldives key people abraham smith ceo products gsm 3g & 4g lte number of employees 200 full time website www.ooredoo.mv ooredoo maldives formerly wataniya maldives is a mobile operator in the maldives owned by ooredoo group . history edit the firm was issued a licence as the new mobile phone operator in february 2005 . ooredoo maldives was selected after a bidding process with three other companies . all the bidders proposed competitive tariffs but ooredoo maldives was investing heavily to deliver new services in the fastest possible time thus succeeded the competition . currently they are providing gsm services throughout maldives with other value added services . ooredoo maldives is also the first to launch a 3.5 g hsdpa network in the maldives on april 17 2008 offering video calls and high speed mobile data connectivity . registered as a service provider in gcc ooredoo is already a leading mobile phone operator in the middle east and north africa . it is proven that ooredoo is currently serving a total of more than three million customers in asia . ooredoo maldives is the sole competitor of dhiraagu the very first maldivian telecommunications company . dhiraagu dominated the market for a period of 17 years being the only operator for that period . references edit external links edit official website v t e ooredoo ooredoo oman ooredoo tunisia ooredoo kuwait ooredoo myanmar indosat ooredoo ooredoo algeria ooredoo maldives retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ooredoo maldives & oldid 735207588 categories telecommunications companies of the maldivesinternet service providerscompanies established in 2005hidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2016all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 august 2016 at 07 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view