Vodafone Reveals its Flexi Plans...Will anyone change to Vodafone with such uncompetitive offerings? The call rates are much higher than Qtel !

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Members of the Qatar Living Volunteer Group have conducted their second distribution campaign, supplying a large number of labourers with water and other supplies to make it through the summer.
Following the collection and sharing of items last weekend, the group decided to host another collection on Thursday evening before distributing the donations to some of the neediest residents of Doha.
The group leader, known only as “Speed”, explained that the campaign had gone extremely well and that simply being outside during the daylight hours gave all the volunteers an idea of the extreme temperatures and conditions in which the labourers work.

To whoever is planning to do business in the Middle East, my advice would be ‘start with Qatar’. The country has an amazing vision for the future and that vision is supported by ample liquidity,” an infocomm company executive said in Singapore last week.
At a networking luncheon organised by the Infocomm Development Authority Singapore (IDA) on the sidelines of an ICT exhibition, he said Qatar’s investment in the ICT infrastructure would make it easier for the country to gauge upgrades in technology to strengthen its e-governance initiatives.
A number of Singaporean firms have already done successful projects in Qatar.
NCS, which made its Middle East foray three years ago, has assisted Qatar in setting up the e-governance portal and shape the Hukoomi initiative.

Population falls to 1.61mn in June
Qatar saw its population fall by more than 40,000 people in June from May, after witnessing growth for the first five months of the year, official data showed yesterday. As of June 30, the country’s population stood at 1.61mn people, compared with 1.65mn in May, data released by the Qatar Statistics Authority showed. In the beginning of June, the authority said Qatar’s population grew 6.5% to 1.65mn in the first five months of the year from 1.55mn in December 2008.
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Imagine how many cars less in the streets.

Rescuers recovered five more bodies from a Dubai-based supply ship which sank off the Qatari coast, bringing the number of dead to six.

Five people, including the captain, were rescued after the vessel with 35 people on board sunk near the Doha Channel, about 10 nautical miles off the coast on Tuesday

According to The Peninsula, the ship was carrying 9 crew and 24 employees of HBK Power Cleaning and two caterers working for a company hired by HBK

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Now, do tell me how you would react in this situation. This has happened to me twice, and both times I took the path of least resistance, but wonder if I should have been more assertive. First time was at the souq waqif car park and second time at the Centre/mega mart... >

I am looking for a parking space and driving around. There are not many parking spaces. I find one. Then I see a person standing in the middle of it, on their phone. I indicate to them to move to the side. They wave their heads and say 'no'. I open the window and say, "What do you mean, no??!!" They say "this space is reserved. My friend is coming. I am keeping it for him".

From a Q-Tel release:

Broadband Internet users in Qatar can now enjoy a wider range of speeds and more competitive pricing than ever before, with the launch of two new speed plans for Qtel’s ADSL service.

Customers now have a wider choice of options when they choose to surf the Internet, with 4Mbps or 8Mbps now available for those who want to enjoy an even faster browsing experience.

The higher speeds will enable customers to download films, music and games faster and more easily. The enhanced speeds now available are among the many benefits delivered through Qtel’s major ADSL upgrade, which began on 1 April 2009 as part of Qtel’s ongoing ’Broadband Anywhere’ initiative.

The new 4Mbps speed is available for QR400 a month, with the 8Mbps plan costing QR600. Both new speeds are subject to technical feasibility.

DOHA: Doha Centre for Media Freedom has announced yesterday that it has terminated the services of Robert Ménard, director-general of the Centre beginning from June.

The decision was taken following Ménard’s announcement that he had quit his post and left Doha. The statement added that Doha Centre for Media Freedom will continue carrying out its mission in institutional manner and as per its by-laws. QNA/THE PENINSULA

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ictQATAR continues its series of useful consumer tips.

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Big Chief Eagle Eye, my Canon EOS 400D camera, came into my life on an unexpected note. A miscommunication with my cousin brother led BCEE to my doorstep. Despite my not-so-happy financial situation at the time, I knew that it wouldn’t be a wasted investment. I’m glad I’m right.

The first few days, I and BCEE went crazy around each other. We travelled to places I didn’t know existed in Qatar and to places I’d promised myself I’d go only once I got a good partner (of the camera kind) with me. The fish market fell in the second category.

Source ::: The Peninsula/ BY SATISH KANADY
DOHA: Qatar has one of the highest paid expatriates in the Middle East, with one in four expatriates earning more than $200,000 per year. The expatriates have a monthly disposable income in excess of $3,000, an international expatriate survey has revealed.

The 2009 Expat Explorer Survey, commissioned by HSBC Bank International, revealed Asia is home to the highest paid expatriates in the world. The survey identified Qatar as having some of the wealthiest expatriates after Russia and Japan. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were among the other GCC countries listed as having the richest expatriates.