NEWS
Oman Ministry of
Technology and
Communications
launches
high-speed
government
network
Ministry and Omantel hold
tech challenge
T
he Ministry of Technology and
Communications in Oman together
with Oman Broadband and Ooredoo has
launched the high-speed Oman Government
Network (OGN).
This network is an integrated and safe
government network that meets the future
demands of e.oman projects, like the
G-Cloud, the Official Oman eGovernment
Services Portal, the National Data Center and
other e.oman infrastructure projects.
Dhafir bin Saif Al-Kalbani, Director General
of Infrastructure, Ministry of Technology and
Communications, said: “The high-speed Oman
Government Network replaced the current
OGN in 63 government entities in Muscat
including all ministry headquarters and some
of their main branches in the capital.
“They were linked using fibre optics networks
in a way that helps these entities in benefiting
from the new network to provide their
eServices with a better quality and a speed
that reaches 1 GB in all government sites.
“Moreover, the new network will play a role
in upgrading the capacity of the OGN’s
ISDN lines and elevating its quality while
decreasing the previous costs. Our hope for
this network is for it to have a vital role in
supporting a quicker Digital Transformation
process in Oman and serving all
important sectors like health, education,
manufacturing, tourism, economy and
other sectors through providing high-
quality eServices.”
A
government ministry in Oman
has held the Sas48 challenge to
emphasise the utilisation of Fourth
Industrial Revolution solutions in
partnership with Omantel.
The fifth edition of the Sas48
competition witnessed the registration
of 520 applicants and they all started in
the ideation phase that aims to develop
the participants’ ideas and explain the
challenge phases and evaluation criteria.
The competition’s ideation day was a
full day hands-on workshop that focused
on idea generation and validation, with
a Fourth Industrial Revolution session
including pitch rehearsals.
During the day, individuals pitched
their ideas and teams were formed and
unattached individuals were allocated
spaces based on the skills needed by
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each group. After the ideation workshop,
all teams were asked to submit their
business idea to Sas within three days
for evaluation.
A total of 20 ideas competed in the
challenge which was held at Omantel
premises for 48 hours.The Sas48
challenge seeks to nurture the culture
of entrepreneurship and encourage
champions to think creatively and
establish new businesses.
The competition is specifically targeted
for last year college students, jobseekers,
professionals and anyone interested in the
mobile apps and web development field.
Participating teams included members
specialising in programming, mobile app
development, web development, design,
entrepreneurship, project management
and marketing.
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