Technology in Qatar?

havent u been to dubai . same ppl r der indians , sri lankans , nepali , pakistani but see wher dubai is . ya but less malaysians . no wonder ur pissed if u dont like it here u can go back .

No... Nothing will improve unless and until change their mind. Indians, Sri Lanka, Nepali, Pakistani (90% here) cannot make Doha another UK, USA or NZ, if this was the case then Indian, Filipino could be not here rather Americans and Canadians would be in India and Filipine... Woke up, see around what is going around.... Don't day dream!

http://www.ictqatar.qa

Mina, as long as telecoms are monopoly (right now), they are bad.

There is not GPRS in whole country.

Internet is not working properly in most places.

Customer service is bad.

Price is high.

They need competition in order to improve services, lets see what happen when Vodafone start to work. I hope it will change...

War looking for peace,

is like fornication looking for virginity.

I guess telecoms, too are part of the technology in a country. What do you guys think of the telecom services in Qatar? Not in terms of customer service only, I mean the signal quality, coverage, prices...?

Mina:)

"too much oil, too much gas, too much sand... very little brain."

AMEN to that....

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"The grass is always greener...over the Septic Tank"

too much oil, too much gas, too much sand... very little brain.

lol Imrashok

Or even a KARWA CAB with one whistle....:(

I guess the amount of money Qatar spends in building fountains and importing fake grass for the "round abouts"

.. if they use it wisely we could have a cheaper and effective technology services. atleast coudl let you book movie tickets over the internet :)

My impression is that Qatar is not going to have a future as Dubai is. Really... I think if we come back here in 15, 20 years.... this place will be history.

drainage pipe :)

lol Soniya jackmohan......

Abt tat piped gas, they r checkin which pipe to use ?

Rubber pipe,Plastic pipe or the drainage pipe...:)

My guess is that they might be waiting for some papers to be stamped!!!!!! They love it here!

Soniya...lol .....Domestic Gas cylinder Regulators of the worlds leading Gas Producer is not plug & play....

....one needs a spanner to fit it to the cylinder...and when is the piped gas coming?

Yes Qatar is very very advance where the Domestic Gas cylinder Regulators which are 20 year old Have Just arrived at Qatar that also for limited supply....Isnt it called a techo-savy country???? LOLzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Its in developing stage buddy...HAVE PATIENCE !!!!

Even in Saudi where the internet is even more restricted in content than here you can get a half decent connection at a half reasonable price, but that is mainly down to having multiple ISPs. Granted they all use STC's backbone, but at least you have a choice. Here in Qatar there is Q-tel, and that's it!

The same can be said for mobile phones, taxis, you name it. Here it's monopolies all the way :o(

Did you Google it first?

The major issue with Qatar at the moment is that they're investing too much money and not looking at logistics - look at Qatarisation, that's a load of bollocks when you see that many Qataris don't even have the motivation. Some of the women are really motivated and want to get on in life but society restricts them (having said that that can be seen in other countries too not just in Qatar). But yeah, the problem is technology here is slowly creeping in but not enough trained skills for them all.

Well, I am not an expert, but my guess is that they just dont have skills and when they finally get it - as everything else - they dont really care about quality, as long as they can sell it.

I think it serves for everything here in Qatar, concepts as customer service, quality, customer satisfaction... they dont know, they dont care about. They try to make things look very "official" but they dont put time and effort on what really makes the difference. Quality.

I came from a few years of professional experience in construction and I am scared of what I see here. They wanna run before they learn how to walk.

Buy why is that?

Is it a lack of awareness, services, regulatory authority?

And what about telecoms in the country?

Mina:)

Buy why is that?

Is it a lack of awareness, services, regulatory authority?

And what about telecoms in the country?

Mina:)

low (A LOT) your expectations...and maybe you wont get too disappointed. basics like internet connection and customer service... are seriously bad.

it is pathetic.

Until they sort out good quality, fast, cheaper internet connections, not really!

The whole region is desperately lagging behind in this respect. There are less developed nations have a better connection for pennies!

Did you Google it first?