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Omantel committed to provide best Internet broadband service
25/04/2013
The majority state-owned Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) yesterday said it is committed to provide customers with the best broadband service, a wide choice, large coverage and superior service quality. "We aim to provide all customers with a broadband service which fits their specific requirements, leveraging our fixed and mobile networks. Our range of offerings is wide, and we trust we can offer something for everyone," Samy Al Ghassany, Chief Operating Officer of Omantel, told reporters here yesterday.
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http://www.gulfbase.com/news/omantel-committed-to-provide-best-internet-broadband-service/234251 |
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The majority state-owned Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) yesterday said it is committed to provide customers with the best broadband service, a wide choice, large coverage and superior service quality. "We aim to provide all customers with a broadband service which fits their specific requirements, leveraging our fixed and mobile networks. Our range of offerings is wide, and we trust we can offer something for everyone," Samy Al Ghassany, Chief Operating Officer of Omantel, told reporters here yesterday.
For light and occasional users, which typically use broadband on sporadic basis, and with low volumes, Omantel offers mobile broadband package from OMR1 with a 1GB allowance and home broadband services from OMR7 per month. For the connected users, which always want to stay in touch, and who often has a smartphone or a tablet at hand, Omantel offers mobile broadband package for OMR5 with 1 GB included and a Mada 10 package which comes with 500 MB of included data in addition to 200 minutes of voice.
"For the connected users, our unlimited Home Broadband is uniquely positioned. It provides everyone at home with the opportunity to download as much as they want," added Al Ghassany. Omantel´s Home Broadband, is offered at various speeds and from OMR20 per month inclusive of fixed line rental and free minutes of voice usage.
For multimedia and gaming users, who typically have high requirements also for download speeds, Omantel provides Home Broadband packages with speeds up to 40Mbps with unlimited download as well as Mobile Broadband packages for up to 30GB of monthly usage. With Omantel, Mobile broadband for 3.5G and 4G has the same price.
Omantel is one of the first operators in the region to introduce LTE technology. End of 2012, Omantel also introduced the LTE FDD technology using 1.8GHz spectrum which had been made available for 4G services. The adoption of FDD enabled us to introduce more devices including the 4G enabled smartphones and modems from Samsung, Nokia and Huawei.
"When we introduced 4G in mid-2012, it was a stand alone technology. Now, the network technology and devices have matured and we can uniquely offer our customers a seamless 3.5G and 4G service," noted Al Ghassany.
Skype issue
Al Ghassany expressed hope in Oman's regulator TRA unlocking Skype, the world's number one Internet-based phone call provider, following the United Arab Emirates opening the website last week for the people to make free Internet phone calls and messaging. TRA had last year unlocked similar websites, including Viber, Google Talk, MSN Messenger and PalTalk.
Widest coverage
"We are committed to expand our broadband networks as we already built out our mobile networks. Our aspiration is to provide broadband coverage to 95 per cent of the population. Currently, we can provide broadband services to 88 per cent of the population," revealed Al Ghassany.
In the meeting, Omantel illustrated the current and targeted (by end of 2013) broadband population coverage across the Sultanate, including Muscat, Salalah, Batinah, Buraimi, Duqm, Ibra, Ibri, Musandam, Nizwa, Bahla and Sur. |
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