Qatar telecommunications services provider Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has teamed up with Vodafone-Qatar in a bid to develop a joint mobile commerce platform.

 A version of the platform has already been implemented by Vodafone-Qatar, which is set to develop it by adding further m-commerce services such as mobile banking, mobile purchase and mobile marketing and advertising to enable Qtel subscribers to carry out payments and complete transactions via their mobile phones. The upgraded version of the platform is set to be released later in the year.

Vodafone-Qatar representatives have stated that the M-Commerce service is being trialled and has already been made available to selected first subscribers who have purchased Vodafone-Qatar monthly plans. In addition to mobile banking, mobile marketing and advertising, Vodafone is looking to add a bill payment feature to the platform.