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Today, we are pleased to have Ministry maximum benefit from this project. I allowing new ways of doing business and
of Social Development join the list of am confident that this cooperation will delivering a world of information, news and
government agencies benefiting from our enhance government’s efforts towards entertainment. While striving to ensure
state-of-the-art ICT solutions. “Omantel is digitizing governance and will link various optimum customer satisfaction, Omantel
keen to provide the latest technologies and public organizations.” Omantel is the plays a key social role to provide the
communications solutions and leverage Sultanate’s first and leading integrated required support and subsidy to all sectors
its vast experience and capabilities to telecommunications services provider, of the Omani society.
ensure that the Ministry achieves the enabling the digital society to flourish,

Omantel Bags ”Outstanding Leadership and Growth” Award at SAMENA
Council Endorsed MEA Business Technology Achievement Awards

Awards and recognitions seem to have
become part of a day’s work at Omantel.
The leading integrated telecoms service
provider of the Sultanate has marked yet
another milestone with an Award that
recognizes its Wholesale capabilities
in the regional and global markets. The
company was awarded the ‘Outstanding
Leadership and Growth Award’ at SAMENA
endorsed MEA Business Magazine
Technology Achievement Awards 2021.
Baha Al Lawati, Vice President, Enterprise
at Omantel received the award on the
company’s behalf. On receiving the Award,
Baha Al Lawati said, “This award reflects
the direction in which Omantel is headed.
Omantel has positioned itself as the market
leader in integrated communications.
The way now only leads upwards and the delivering access on a global scale to 120- wholesale arm for handling the carrier
Wholesale arm is helping us to achieve plus cities through Omantel’s global reach. business. Furthermore, Omantel has a
that. We are humbled by being awarded Omantel’s network connecting major wide footprint of international roaming
for ‘Outstanding Leadership and Growth’ European economic and communications with 685 operators in over 210 countries
by a leading regional business publication hubs has helped Wholesale customers to in addition to the recently introduced
such as MEA Business in coordination extend their reach to the Middle East, Asia 5G data roaming services. Since these
with SAMENA Council at GITEX, which and Africa. In Oman, Omantel supports terrestrial and submarine cable systems
is a platform that brings together global terrestrial connectivity across the Middle need constant monitoring and support,
industry leaders, start-ups and game- East with cross-border terrestrial links Omantel built the state-of-the-art, 24/7
changers to unveil the future. The between UAE, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. International Network Operations Centre
recognition is a further motivation to us Globally, Omantel’s vast network of (INOC), which also meets demands of
to continue to excel in our leadership submarine fiber spans over 264,000 km, cloud and content-centric market. Taking
and innovation.” In September 2021, with access to more than 20 submarine further advantage of Oman’s strategic
Omantel Wholesale emerged as a winner cables. Omantel is a consortium member geolocation between Asia, Africa and
at the Carrier Community Global Awards in the largest submarine cable systems Europe, Omantel partnered with Equinix, the
(CCGA), walking away with top honors as in the world that connect Asia, Africa leading data center operator in the world,
the Middle East Regional Operator of the and Europe via Oman. Such investments to set up MC1, the region’s first carrier-
Year, which is a prestigious achievement serve the growing high-capacity demands neutral data center providing ultra-low
and a global recognition of its success for data, internet, Cloud, and content. latency interconnection points between
in the Wholesale business and growing Moreover, Omantel is the first GCC key global business markets. Omantel is
investment in national and international operator to have a submarine landing the Sultanate’s first and leading integrated
capacities. Omantel has been continuously station in the EU. This reflects the trust telecommunications services provider,
receiving international recognitions and that the wholesale industry is showing enabling the digital society to flourish,
global awards for the past three years. in Omantel’s capabilities in helping its allowing new ways of doing business and
The Company’s comprehensive “Global customers to reach further. Omantel is delivering a world of information, news and
Wholesale Integration Program” is at continuously expanding its reach through entertainment. Omantel strives to ensure
the center of its strategic maneuvers, Omantel International, its international optimum customer satisfaction.

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