Sama Telecom wins third Oman licence

On 03.01.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Sama Telecommunications (Samatel) has won Oman’s third telecom licence, according to a decree issued by Sultan Qaboos.

According to reports, the ‘Class 1′ licence enables the operator to set up and operate a system to provide general international telecommunication services for 15 years. The value or any other details of the concession have not been disclosed.

Samatel will join the Sultanate’s two existing operators, incumbent Oman Telecommunications (Omantel) and Nawras, the latter of which is controlled by Qatar’s Qtel. Samatel is said to have broken Omantel’s monopoly in the wireless market in 2004.

 

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Omantel Q4 net profit rises by 5%

On 02.10.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 5% year-on-year increase in the net profit to OMR125.2 million (USD323.9 million) has been reported by Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel). However, due to increased competitions, sales rose by less than 1% to OMR412 million while net income after tax climbed to OMR125 million during 2009 from OMR119 million.

In a in a move to reduce costs and make savings starting 2010 onwards , the company expects to make savings of about OMR2.8 million from voluntary redundancies it offered in 2009.

4Q09 net profit at OMR19.4 million is based on previous financial statements and is up from OMR9.7 million in the same quarter.

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Omantel’s NGN contract awarded to Huawei

On 01.16.10, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Huawei, a Chinese equipment vendor has been awarded an OMR10 million (USD25.9 million) contract by Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) to expand the incumbent fixed line operator’s next generation network (NGN).

Huawei superseded US equipment maker Cisco Systems, French company Alcatel-Lucent and Swedish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia to break the deal.

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Omantel signs RO4.466m deal with two companies

On 09.27.06, In Mobile, By Editor

MUSCAT – The 70-per cent government-owned Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) yesterday signed an agreement with France’s Capgemini Telecom and the Sultanate’s Oman Computer Services to implement an operation and support system, involving a cost of RO4.466 million.

Saud bin Nasser Al Shikaili, chairman of Omantel; Pierre Fournier, chairman of Capgemini Telecom; and Potnis, general manager of Oman Computer Services, signed the agreement. Omantel’s CEO and deputy CEO were also present at the signing ceremony.

“The operation support system project will enhance efficiency and quality of services provided by Omantel. It will also help reduce incidence of breakdowns.

The project will facilitate Omantel boost services provided to customers by virtue of Service Level Agreements (SLA). It will also help us avoid expected breakdowns to a great extent through the early warning system,” Al Shikaili said. The project will help the national telecom company to control the network, and spot areas that require expansion and development. Omantel is also in the process of establishing a unified information centre. The project will be implemented in 14 months. Al Amerat site will be the network operation centre and Seeb the disaster recovery support site.

Source- http://www.timesofoman.com

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