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TRA Oman to Regulate International Roaming in IoT Devices

The Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority (TRA) has issued a directive for
international roaming SIMs used in (Internet
of Things) devices after consulting with
relevant parties in the telecommunications
sector. The IOT devices include sensors,
lights, alarms, and cameras (all of which
can be controlled from a smartphone)
that are connected via IoT to provide 24x7
security. It also includes activity trackers
or sensor devices that can monitor and
transmit key health indicators in real time.
The most popular IOT devices are Google
Home, Amazon Echo, remote door cams,
and Footbot which can measure indoor
pollution. The TRA directive is aimed at
licensees or service providers as part of the
efforts to regulate international roaming
for IoT devices, enhance the security level
provided to beneficiaries, and protect their provided they work using the subscriber international roaming, in the event of a
personal data. The directive states that identification card (SIM/E-SIM) from the desire to extend it for more than 90 days,
the provider or importer can provide IoT licensee The subscriber will be allowed to can apply to the authority to request an
devices with international roaming services use the international roaming SIM cards for exception through the authority’s website
or through local networks, provided that these devices for a period not exceeding www.tra.gov.om.
international roaming works on a temporary 90 days in local networks. Providers or
basis according to a number of obligations, importers of IoT devices operating in

China Mobile, KT Showcase 5G VoNR+ Call Service and VoNR Roaming

China Mobile and South Korea’s KT Corp channel standard, aiming to give users a • 5G video customer service supporting
claimed a ‘world first’ by demonstrating 5G ‘richer, interactive and high-definition video users to manage activities through visual
Voice-over-New Radio (VoNR) international service experience.’ According to the group: menus
roaming with ‘VoNR+’ call services at the ‘VoNR+ will bring enhancements to real-time • AR remote guidance service together
China-Japan-Korea Tripartite Strategic communications at all fronts, transforming with AR annotation functions in video
Cooperation Framework Agreement (SCFA) the communication from high-definition calls ‘enabling industry users to improve
Summit. China Mobile and KT connected video calls to zero-trust and fully interactive service efficiency’
their respective commercial 5G Standalone real-time communications. Mobile devices • 'fun call’ features enabling virtual avatar
(SA) networks via IPX and 5G base stations will also expand from smartphones to a changes, animated gesture effects and
at conference venues in Beijing and Seoul wide range of equipment such as wearable emoji functions during video calls.
facilitating high-definition video roaming devices, appliances, automobiles, robots China Mobile introduced its commercial
calls based on in-development VoNR+ and more.’ VoNR+ supports various new 5G VoNR services (‘5G New Calling’) for
specifications. To support migration ‘from voice service scenarios, with China Mobile Chinese smartphone users in April 2022,
audio-visual communications to full- demonstrating the following examples: following extensive research, development
sensory communications’, China Mobile • Intelligent translation service featuring and piloting in 2021.
Research Institute has proposed the VoNR+ real-time communication between users
architecture based on the 3GPP IMS data of different languages

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