Dubai: Qatari telecom operator Ooredoo reported a 16.4 per cent gain in second-quarter net profit on Tuesday, boosted by increasing customer numbers across the group and by the performance of its businesses in Asia. Ooredoo made a net profit of 583.2 million riyals in the three months to June 30, compared with a profit of 501.2 million riyals in the year-earlier period, it said in a statement. While the group’s consolidated customer base grew 14 per cent year on year to 130 million, driven by strong growth in Myanmar and Indonesia, group revenue in the second quarter of 8.03 billion riyals was flat to the same three months of 2015.