There is nothing good about Vodafone in other countries - the only good thing about them is their advertising, which is absolutely fantastic. i love the feelgood branding, the now-ness of the whole thing and they always have a very hip online presence too. They have done the same wonders with advertising in Qatar - I loved their illustrated visual map of Doha, and the Qatar website is very slick.
None of this means cheaper calls or high quality networks - in fact, they have to pay their account at Saatchi's or JWT somehow.
I have used a few Vodafones in different countries and they are neither the cheapest nor necessarily have decent call quality. Voda UK has good coverage but Voda Egypt, for example, is pretty sh*tty, because as with most markets they just bought up the existing crappy network and put up their shiny red logos all over the place.
Why would anyone expect them to trump old Qtel? I would just love to know the kinds of politics and fighting going on between the two companies. I can't imagine Qtel taking anything lying down, and given that QF are the majority share owner of Vodafone here, there must be some of the most nasty politics going on between the two of them, behind closed doors. Meanwhile Vodafone has this CEO from England who has said he's never worked in a situation when his own firm is not owning their whole business outright before. He must be having a very interesting time at the moment witnessing all the things he realises he is not allowed to do or say ...
To be honest I'm sticking with Qtel anyway. I have only been here 2 years and I have none of the age-old resentment towards the company that I've read from others here.
None of this 'war' will result in lower prices, of course, or even a network that will be built on time, but it would make for a nice little TV series or something like that, I guess.. !
There is nothing good about Vodafone in other countries - the only good thing about them is their advertising, which is absolutely fantastic. i love the feelgood branding, the now-ness of the whole thing and they always have a very hip online presence too. They have done the same wonders with advertising in Qatar - I loved their illustrated visual map of Doha, and the Qatar website is very slick.
None of this means cheaper calls or high quality networks - in fact, they have to pay their account at Saatchi's or JWT somehow.
I have used a few Vodafones in different countries and they are neither the cheapest nor necessarily have decent call quality. Voda UK has good coverage but Voda Egypt, for example, is pretty sh*tty, because as with most markets they just bought up the existing crappy network and put up their shiny red logos all over the place.
Why would anyone expect them to trump old Qtel? I would just love to know the kinds of politics and fighting going on between the two companies. I can't imagine Qtel taking anything lying down, and given that QF are the majority share owner of Vodafone here, there must be some of the most nasty politics going on between the two of them, behind closed doors. Meanwhile Vodafone has this CEO from England who has said he's never worked in a situation when his own firm is not owning their whole business outright before. He must be having a very interesting time at the moment witnessing all the things he realises he is not allowed to do or say ...
To be honest I'm sticking with Qtel anyway. I have only been here 2 years and I have none of the age-old resentment towards the company that I've read from others here.
None of this 'war' will result in lower prices, of course, or even a network that will be built on time, but it would make for a nice little TV series or something like that, I guess.. !