COUNTRY FOCUS: OMAN
THIS NETWORK WILL
TRANSFER DATA
BETWEEN THESE
GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES
SIGNIFICANTLY
AS THIS WOULD
SERVE TO UNITE ALL
GOVERNMENT DATA IN
A UNIFIED NATIONAL
DATA CENTRE
Oman will be connected to the national
broadband infrastructure by 2040.
“The government has put a big
investment for the upcoming ten years in
this sector. With the intention of opening
doors for wider communication services
in Oman, OBC is currently focusing on the
deployment of fibre optics in the main
governorates of the Sultanate.
Optic fibre deployment plans are
already underway in the Governorates
of Muscat & Musandam, and soon to be
implemented in the Governorate. OBC’s
current and upcoming plans for optic
fibre deployment will be shared at the
FTTH Council MENA Conference,” said
Eng. Said Al-Mandhari, CEO of OBC.
In September of this year, the
Information Technology Authority
(ITA), represented by Dr. Salim Sultan
Al Ruzaiqi, CEO of ITA, and Oman
Broadband Company (OBC) represented
by Eng. Said bin Abdullah Al Mantheri,
CEO of OBC signed an agreement for
the implementation of a private and
resilient fibre optic backbone for Oman
Government Network (OGN).
This agreement will be directly
implemented to connect the current 63
governmental entities hosted by OGN
providing high speed connectivity and
linked to the National Data Centre at ITA,
in addition to another backup data centre.
“We are pleased to sign the first phase
of the high-speed government network
with OBC to implement and operate the
current active network. The first phase
of this implementation will cover 63
HQs for all government organisations in
the Muscat region replacing the current
lower speeds of OGN. The new network
will connect the mentioned HQs with
the previous 1GB connectivity and will
connect them to the ITA National Data
Centre (NDC) with a 10 GB backbone,”
stated Dr. Salim Sultan Al Ruzaiqi, CEO
of ITA.
It is universally agreed among those
in the industry that this new service
will enable government organisations
to enhance the service quality and
also enable government organisations
to integrate by exchanging data to
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INTELLIGENTCIO
90%
of the Governorate of Muscat and
35% of the other governorates
outside Muscat will be covered by
optic fibre by 2020
Every building &
village across
Oman will be
connected to the
national broadband
infrastructure by 2040,
says government
sources
63
HQs
Oman Government Network (OGN)
fibre optic backbone will cover for
all government organisations in the
Muscat region
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