Nawras Announces Exciting 19th Gulf Cup Offers And Prizes

16th December 2008

Nawras is announcing fantastic offers, exciting services and fabulous holiday prizes in celebration of the Sultanate hosting the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup. There will be fun for all the family with SMS and MMS quizzes and welcome packs at special low prices with free credit and free data. Nawras customers will be able to get closer to the action promised by this exciting event.

As the official telecommunications partner in Oman, Nawras will be staging entertaining activities for all to enjoy at the participating stadiums. Customers who cannot visit the grounds in person, can still enjoy the action on the mobile with interactive quizzes as well as SMS and MMS alerts of daily schedules, breaking news, goal alerts and match results. Fun is the name of the game for everyone as Nawras brings customers chances to win fabulous prizes including VIP tickets to watch the final.

All Nawras customers spending RO25 or more between 15th December and 15th January will be entered into a prize draw to win one of 11 holidays. Winners will travel to one of 11 popular holiday destinations including the Maldives, Lebanon, Tunisia and Singapore; with the prizes for two people covering return flights as well as hotel accommodation for four days and three nights. The lucky winners’ names will be drawn out by ministry officials at the Nawras main office in Al Athaiba on 16th January. In addition to a fantastic holiday, the lucky winners will also have the memorable experience of joining Nawras at the stadium to watch the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup Final.

Celebratory 19th Gulf Cup welcome pack offers have kicked off in style. New Nawras Mousbak (prepaid) customers can join the fastest growing family in Oman with a welcome pack for only RO3 including RO2 free credit for calls to any other mobile customer in Oman, at any time. GCC Cup welcome packs will be available until 15th February 2009, at all Nawras Stores nationwide and from more than 40 Premium Dealers.

New Nawras Ajel (postpaid) customers are part of the action too, being able to buy welcome packs from any Nawras Store during this offer period for the special low price of just RO3.

Matching all the excitement of the GCC Cup, Nawras is also giving all new customers the chance to keep up with events on the field with 1GB of free data usage. Those with handsets supporting 3G+ will be able to take advantage of the speed and quality of the latest technology. Using 3G+ Mobile Info Browsing as well as 3G+ Video Calling Nawras customers will stand out from the crowd by sharing live action in real time with friends and family.

Free data usage can also be applied when accessing Broadband Internet via a mobile handset or via a modem on a laptop or desktop. At home, at the office or on the move, Nawras will make it easy for customers all over Oman to get closer to the great excitement generated by this special occasion.

“This is the perfect opportunity to join Nawras by taking advantage of the great value welcome packs we have for all our new customers,” said Aziz Al-Harassi, Nawras Proposition Manager. He continued, “With the addition of free data for Mobile Info Browsing or Nawras Internet it will be easy for Nawras customers to keep up with all the latest GCC Cup results, thrilling action and team news from any of the stadiums located in Muscat, Nizwa and Sohar.”

Customers outside the 3G+ coverage, who are located away from the main towns and cities, can enjoy a grandstand view of events too. They can keep up-to-date with all the sports action by surfing the internet using the reliability and quality of the Nawras EDGE Network, which covers almost all of the Sultanate’s population.

The 19th Gulf Cup gives Nawras the opportunity to showcase the advantages of its comprehensive telecommunications services. The company will be providing its world-class technology to enable customers across the country to share images and sounds of each exciting sporting moment and creatively send them to friends and family through services like MMS and Video Calling as well as by using traditional voice and SMS services.

Through an exclusive partnership with Al Jazeera, Nawras customers will be able to keep up-to-date with the latest team news, previews, goals, results, analysis and highlights of all the games, any time, anywhere.

Nawras has planned for a whole series of exciting activities to be staged in an interactive, fun and pleasingly different way, both in and around the 2009 tournament venues. Nawras will bring the thrilling event closer to the people of Oman and to all those who will be visiting the Sultanate.