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and cloud-based solution will be beneficial are committed to delivering innovative native solutions help enable the intelligent
for businesses looking to simplify their technology blended with superior service and secure real-time communications
complex communication infrastructure. levels that help businesses embark on solutions today’s businesses are
The launch of this unique platform their digital journey.” Patrick Joggerst, embracing. We are proud to support this
enables Etisalat to be a single provider for Chief Marketing Officer and Executive ambitious new undertaking as Etisalat
cloud telephony, offering comprehensive Vice President, Business Development of continues to showcase its leadership
tools at a viable price. We at Etisalat Ribbon Communications, said: “Our cloud- position in digital transformation.”

Omantel Collaborates with Siemens to Bring

Smart Digital Solutions in Healthcare

In yet another path-breaking step towards harnessing assets be optimally utilized to further strengthen the health
ICT to improve people’s lives, Omantel, the frontrunner in sector with such solutions. As such, we are pleased to partner
telecommunications and ICT in the Sultanate, has joined hands with Siemens, a global leader in providing tailored ICT solutions
with Siemens to bring smart solutions (smart hospitals) to the for the healthcare sector”. On her part, Claudia Vergueiro Massei,
country’s healthcare sector. Omantel aims to use its expansive CEO of Siemens Oman said, “The demand for healthcare services
state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure to bring advanced solutions is growing. Patients have ever-increasing expectations about
to healthcare practitioners and provide better outcomes for the the quality of healthcare treatments and services. Not only that,
patients. Siemens, a robust name in infrastructure digitalization researches show that the building environment can impact the
among many other specialties, showcased the advanced healing process – comfortable spaces help patients recover faster
capabilities of eHealth & Smart City Solutions at Omantel’s 3rd and allows the staff to work more efficiently. Our digital solutions
Annual ICT Summit which took place in November. Commenting allow us to revolutionize hospitals on the human, financial and
on the partnership, Eng. Baha Allawati, VP of Omantel’s Enterprise operational levels. We are therefore pleased with the opportunity
Unit said, “At Omantel, we always keep the people at the heart of provided to us with this important partnership with the leading
our plans toward achieving a digitally enriched society. Healthcare telecom operator in the Sultanate to support its citizens and
is a growing critical sector with a host of advanced technologies residents to have access today to the patient care of tomorrow”
being introduced to benefit patients and healthcare institutions Furthermore, continuing Omantel’s strategic direction towards
alike. we continue to boast various state-of-the-art technologies the Sultanate’s digital transformation, the tie-up stands to hugely
in telecommunications, digital transformation, IT, innovative benefit the public and private healthcare sectors as it opens the
services and smart solutions, and it was only natural that these doors to host of revolutionizing solutions aimed at enhancing
productivity, boosting efficiently and flexibility, transparency,
compliance, safety and security. To achieve these goals under
the defined scope, the partnership will work together using four
broad cases: improved patient outcomes through circadian
lighting, improved staff productivity through patient tracking and
asset tracking and quicker information on emergencies. Circadian
lighting regulates activity patterns of the brain in humans as per
natural light available in the 24-hour pattern. Simulating circadian
lighting in healthcare has shown proven results with improved
patient performance to treatment, health and safety. A tracking
system will help monitor the patient in and out of the healthcare
facility, and will be able to inform/warn health institutions about
emergencies, if any. Asset tracking systems, meanwhile, is a
digital way to track inventory across departments in hospitals and
clinics and reduce costs due to loss, damage, and theft. These
systems improve the inventory management processes, thus
saving precious time and enhancing staff productivity. With these
introductions, Omantel will be successfully integrating ICT with
public service through healthcare in Oman.

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