Omantel Celebrates Successful First Year of 3.5G Operations

Muscat: Omantel is celebrating its first highly successful year of 3.5G operations with hundreds of thousands of customers now benefitting from the widest range of mobile broadband services since its introduction. The service, provided by Omantel’s mobile telephone business “Oman Mobile”, offers customers excellent value price plans for a leading range of 3.5G services that include mobile broadband, video calls, multi-player mobile gaming and mobile TV.

Oman Mobile’s prepaid mobile broadband offer "141" has probably been one of the most successful plans ever launched that provides internet connection to our customers.

Omantel has also been the first company to introduce innovative services to the Omani market such as Mobile TV and multi-player mobile gaming, reinforcing its leadership position in the Sultanate’s mobile telecommunications sector.

Saleem Abdulatiff, General Manager of Marketing at Omantel’s Consumer Business Unit, said: "The introducticon of 3.5G services has been a huge success and our customers were able to benefit from the widest portfolio of serivces and an excellent range of value price plans.

“We have continued to grow and expand our network significantly during the past year. Our customers are now benefitting from the network that has the widest reach than any other mobile telecommunication provider in the Sultanate.”

A number of eye-catching promotional campaigns have been launched by Oman Mobile in the past 12 months to promote 3.5G – especially among the younger audience in Oman who have enthusiastically embraced the mobility and flexibility that the service brings.

Ali Kashoub, Omantel’s Manager for Core Services said: "The continuing improvements we have made across the business, from optimizing the network, to significantly enhancing our customer service, means that through 3.5G and other products we can continue to offer ouri customers with best-in-class services and ensure real and lasting benefits to our growing customer base.”

Omantel’s 3.5G technology is like having broadband to go and allows individuals faster access to the Internet while out and about working on the move.

3.5G technology allows internet connection, video calling, multiplayer mobile gaming, TV streaming TV from anywhere in the Sultanate covered by Omantel’s 3.5G network. It delivering internet and email access to laptops, without the need for any specialized technical knowledge. Large email attachments can be downloaded quickly and easily, making mobile working a practical reality.

Customers can stay connected whenever they want. This means individuals are able to work from the office in the same way they are connected to an office network and it can be used on both handsets and through USB modems.

The first anniversary of 3.5G comes as Omantel continues to demonstrate its intent to offer an enhanced customer experience following the launch of its enhanced brand and “Together” tagline.

The company is now embarking on a phased plan to rebrand its business and operations and has already launched a new integrated Omantel website - www.omantel.om – and will rebrand its buildings in the coming few months and subsequently revamp its stores in addition to the introduction of new exciting consumer offers in the weeks and months ahead.

Omantel has been bringing individuals, families and businesses together for four decades and has successfully connected all parts of the Omani community to each other and with the rest of the world.