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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 17 Sport | 28 85 luxury boats Qatar topped Dutra scores on display in M&A activities hat-trick as Lusail City from in Mideast in 9 Al Arabi beat Nov 10 to 14. months this year. Lekhwiya. MONDAY 19 OCTOBER 2015 • 6 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6588 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 QR2.3bn Doha expo Qatar to top centre to open in Nov By Raynald C Rivera world in FTTH DOHA: The QR2.3bn Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) will play a sig- nificant role in putting Doha on the global map as a major destination for business events when it opens its doors next month. Net penetration “The opening of DECC is sure to act as a catalyst to the development of the business events sector, which we estimate attracts 70 percent of Qatar’s visitors. Two-thirds coverage achieved: Ooredoo The welcome addition of DECC to Qatar’s venue portfolio will significantly contribute By Sachin Kumar at which users surf Internet and to Qatar’s status as a globally competitive send or receive data is likely to destination for business events,” said QTA DOHA: Qatar is expected to be double or triple in the near future. Director of Exhibitions Hamad Al Abdan. top in the world in terms of fibre- “Internet (speed) to homes The DECC is overseen by the QTA and to-the-home (FTTH) Internet has now reached 100 megabits. managed by Fira Barcelona International penetration by next year as all We have a plan to double or tri- and Elan Group. the residential and commercial ple this speed in the near future,” Continued on page 2 buildings will be connected with said Al Sayed. “In terms of mobile, A view of the interior of the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre which opens next month. fibre by the end of 2016. we have built 4G+. Recently we SALIM MATRAMKOT THE PENINSULA “Qatar is now one of the most have tested in our lab a new gen- highly penetrated countries in eration of 4G+ which takes speed term of fibre-to-the-home. I to more than 375 megabits and it think personally that by next year was very successful. In the future Qatar will be number one in the the mobile data and speed is going world in terms of fibre penetra- to reach 1 gigabits,” he added. Sudan sends ground troops to Yemen tion, because it is our programme Qatar was ranked first world- to connect every residential or wide on the indicator measur- building with fibre,” said Waleed ing the percentage of individuals ADEN: A battalion of Sudanese sided with the Houthis. Aden has remained a concern Arab forces, recently made some Al Sayed, Chief Operating Officer, using Internet in the developing troops arrived in Yemen’s south- Hadi escaped to Saudi Arabia as residents report that armed gains in the strategic Bab Al Ooredoo Qatar on the sidelines of countries in 2014 (91.5 percent) ern port city of Aden on Saturday, as the Houthis advanced towards men, including Islamist mili- Mandab strait and in Marib, a an event held yesterday. and first among Arab countries military officials said, bolstering Aden in March. Prime Minister tants linked to Al Qaeda, roam province east of Sana’a and home Fibre optic technology is the and second globally on the indica- Saudi-led Arab forces trying to Khaled Bahah returned from exile the streets. On Saturday, uni- to much of Yemen’s oil wealth. next generation of Internet con- tor measuring the percentage of keep out the Iran-backed Houthis after anti-Houthi fighters, backed dentified gunmen shot dead a But the Houthis remain in control nectivity to the home and business households with Internet (98 per- and curb the growing presence of by the Arab coalition, drove the UAE national at a shop in Aden, of much of the country, despite and currently over 75 percent of cent), according to the 2015 edition Islamist militants. Houthis and their allies out of the according to a local security almost daily air strikes. the Qatar is connected with fibre of the State of Broadband report. Aden, a strategic port and ship- city in July. source. The UAE state news At least 18 Houthi fighters and to home network. Qatar also came first among all ping hub, became the seat of the However, they have not man- agency WAM reported that a Saleh loyalists were killed in air “Two-thirds of the Qatar are Arab countries and 12th worldwide Yemeni government earlier this aged to restore security there. coalition soldier had died but strikes overnight on Taiz prov- already connected we have started on the indicator that measures year after the Houthis, a clan Islamist militant suicide bombers gave no further details. ince, south of Sanaa, medics said. our phase three around first quar- the percentage of individuals from northern Yemen, seized the killed 15 people in attacks on the The Arab coalition says its aim Meanwhile, a Yemeni govern- ter of this year and we believe by using Internet in 2014 (91.5 per- capital Sana’a and forced Presi- Yemeni government’s headquar- is to restore Hadi’s government ment spokesperson said yester- next year every single house, every cent) followed by Bahrain (91 dent Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi to ters and Arab coalition outposts to power in Yemen. At least 5,400 day Yemen’s government will single building is going to be con- percent) and UAE (90.4 percent). flee to the south. in Aden on October 6. people have died since it began an attend UN-sponsored talks with nected with fibre. So we will be In the same report, released by A military source in Aden “Our troops in Yemen are ready air offensive in March. the Houthis and supporters of number one no doubt,” said Al the UN Broadband Commission said that 300 Sudanese soldiers to do their military task under The Arab coalition spokes- former Saleh. “The decision has Sayed. “Phase three has scope for Digital Development, Qatar and officers arrived by sea on the command of the alliance mili- man confirmed the arrival of the been taken to attend (the talks) for the houses that have not been ranked 15th at the world level on Saturday. Their purpose was to tary leadership,” Sudanese army Sudanese troops to Arab televi- and a letter will be sent to the built yet,” he added. the indicator that measures the “help maintain security for the spokesman Brigadier General sion channels. They will join con- UN secretary-general (about Along with expansion in Inter- active mobile broadband subscrip- city against the Houthis and Ahmed Khalifa Alshami said. tingents from the United Arab that),” Rajeh Badi, the govern- net coverage, Internet users will tions per 100 inhabitants. Saleh,” the source said, referring “Sudan is committed to restore Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bah- ment spokesman, said. also see significant increase in to former president Ali Abdul- legitimacy in Yemen.” rain on the ground. their Internet speed. The speed THE PENINSULA lah Saleh, whose supporters have The security situation in Hadi supporters, backed by REUTERS Aid deliveries begin in Syria Obama orders steps towards lifting Iran sanctions WASHINGTON: President “I hereby direct you to take all accord is known, Obama said. able to certify that Iran has will rescind a raft of economic towns under Barack Obama ordered the US necessary steps to give effect to “This is an important day for fully complied with its end of sanctions imposed on Iran government yesterday to take the US commitments with respect all of us and a critical first step the bargain. because of fears that its nuclear steps towards lifting sanctions on to sanctions,” Obama said in a in the process of ensuring that Under the deal with world research program concealed plans ceasefire Iran, in accordance with the his- memorandum addressed to the Iran’s nuclear programme will be powers, Iran will dramatically to develop an atomic bomb. toric nuclear deal struck between US secretaries of state, energy, exclusively for peaceful purposes,” reduce its uranium enrichment The European Union’s foreign DAMASCUS: Trucks carrying six world powers and Tehran. commerce and the treasury. Secretary of State John Kerry program, surrender or dilute policy chief Federica Mogherini food and aid deliveries entered Obama’s directive comes 90 The measures will take added in a statement. most of its highly enriched fuel and Iranian Foreign Minister three Syria towns yesterday, days after the UN Security effect upon confirmation by the But no sanctions will be lifted and open its nuclear sites to Mohammad Javad Zarif were nearly one month after a cease- Council endorsed the accord Secretary of State that Iran has immediately — full relief will inspectors from the IAEA, the also set to make statements on fire agreement was reached signed in Vienna in July, a met its commitments under the come not on “adoption day” UN nuclear watchdog. the lifting of crippling sanctions between warring parties, sources milestone referred to as “Adoption so-called Joint Comprehensive but on “implementation day,” In return, the United States, on Tehran. said. Day.” Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the the point when the IAEA is Europe and other countries AFP Convoys of humanitarian aid entered Zabadani, near Syria’s border with Lebanon, as well as Fuaa and Kafraya in the coun- World Superbike Champion try’s northwest Idlib province. A member of Zabadani’s coun- Merkel to back Turkish EU bid cil said that aid had entered his town, while a Syrian secu- rity source on the ground said “three cars and one truck of aid in return for help on migrants entered” Fuaa and Kafraya.