MUSCAT: Omantel yesterday signed 11 strategic partnership agreements with major international technology companies to attract the latest technologies and innovations to enhance the digital transformation system and support the digital economy in the Sultanate of Oman, on the sidelines of its participation in the COMEX 2024 exhibition.
Talal bin Saeed al Mamari, CEO of Omantel, said on the sidelines of the announcement of these partnerships that Omantel maintains its leadership as a major enabler of digital transformation for government institutions and the private sector by possessing a solid infrastructure of communications services and digital technologies, as the company sought to consolidate its leadership in the local market by shifting from A communications services provider to an integrated provider of digital solutions and services.
The partnerships included a partnership with Amazon Cloud Services with the aim of establishing the first sovereign cloud services center that will provide this type of cloud services through local Omantel data centers. This service will provide technical solutions available within the Sultanate of Oman instead of its current hosting outside the Sultanate, and includes: This partnership also operates an integrated e-commerce platform in the Sultanate of Oman, builds a center of cloud excellence and provides solutions in generative artificial intelligence, as well as its strategic partnership with Google to establish the first center for edge cloud computing services as the first center in the Middle East and North Africa region, and also to provide generative artificial intelligence services and solutions. Modern in the field of data analysis and its partnership with MERB, which aims to benefit from Microsoft’s artificial intelligence solutions to drive digital transformation at Omantel, its subsidiaries, and the local market.
It was also represented by its partnership with Virtusa for Managed Services for empowerment and institutional development, through the signing of a major contract for the IT operating model. This partnership represents an important addition to the efforts undertaken by Omantel regarding the application of Agile/DevOps methodologies, which contributes to enhancing the company’s presence in the market and enhancing the standards of service provision, including providing empowerment applications to companies and institutions, in addition to operational support for IT applications and IT infrastructure.
In the context of promoting digital transformation locally, the Supreme Judicial Council and Omantel signed an agreement to provide communications services and digital exchange for the Council, which would enhance productivity and improve the efficiency of internal and external communications. In addition, this agreement aims to provide a distinguished experience for auditors and provide high levels of security through... Advanced digital systems. This agreement is an essential step towards more advanced technical solutions. It also signed an agreement with the Oman Housing Bank related to supporting the transfer of the bank’s entire data to cloud computing systems, which makes it the first bank in the Sultanate of Oman to take this important step for digital transformation, and this agreement paves the way for the bank’s employees to reach Smoothly and efficiently access advanced cloud services. The agreement will enable Oman Housing Bank to enhance its ability to process customer data with unprecedented speed and efficiency, while providing innovative solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of banks and customers.
It also signed an agreement with Bank Dhofar to transfer its core Islamic banking services to cloud computing systems, which makes Bank Dhofar the first major bank in the Sultanate of Oman to migrate its core Islamic banking platform to cloud computing. The agreement was signed by Engineer Aladdin bin Abdullah Bait Fadel, Chief Commercial Officer at Omantel, and Tariq Taha, Chief Information Technology Officer at Bank Dhofar. It also signed an agreement with Bank Nizwa, in order to provide innovative technical solutions such as cloud computing technologies to rationalize spending, improve efficiency, enhance cybersecurity aspects, and provide the bank with smart solutions that are compatible with modern banking services.
Omantel signed an agreement with OQ Gas Networks, the exclusive operator of the natural gas transportation network in the Sultanate of Oman, for their cooperation to benefit from the services of ETCO Space (the strategic partner of Omantel) to provide satellite images, as this cooperation will provide satellite images from the Omani satellite. AMAN-1 and related data analytics along with AI-powered monitoring solutions enable OQ Gas Networks to manage its projects with high efficiency.
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