Omantel to Showcase Enhanced Brand

Shopper and Corporate Stands to Offer New Products and Offers to Customers
 
Muscat: Omantel will showcase its new enhanced brand and the way the company is offering an improved customer experience throughout this year’s COMEX with a major presence in the Shopper and Corporate areas of Oman’s biggest annual exhibition of telecommunications and information technology.

During the 5-day event the company is set to announce a number of exciting new offers for both its individual and corporate customers as Oman’s leading telecommunications company uses the event to get closer together with its customers.

Omantel and its mobile business Oman Mobile have already announced a number of exciting offers since launching its enhanced brand in February and “Together” tagline and COMEX 2010 will see a number of new offers and products on offer – including a highly anticipated mobile device.

The Shopper and Corporate stands will be staffed throughout the week by a team of enthusiastic Omantel staff who are looking forward to meeting so many customers and introducing them to new and existing products.

Among the most exciting offers will be the introduction of a range of new BlackBerry services for individual and corporate customers.

For postpaid BlackBerry users Oman Mobile will permanently waive the RO 10 connection fee and convert all BlackBerry users on the R.O 19.5 Standard plan to the BlackBerry National Unlimited Plan offering unlimited usage on BlackBerry APN with an additional 100MB to be used for WAP and TAIF at monthly price of RO 18.5.

On the BlackBerry Lite plan, the bundled usage will increase from 3MB to 50 MB and the monthly subscription will fall from RO 9.9 to RO 8.9. For the BlackBerry International Unlimited subscribers, in addition to the unlimited free usage on BlackBerry APN locally and while roaming, the company will bundle additional 200MB of usage for WAP and TAIF.

Meanwhile Oman Mobile has also announced a new pre-paid BlackBerry service for Hayyak subscribers. The new pre-paid service will be available with a weekly subscription fee of only RO 2 enabling old and new Hayyak customers to use up to 1OMB for this low weekly price. Hayyak Customer are now able to subscribe to BlackBerry by SMS with sending “BlackBerry” or “BB” to the number 90891.

Customers will be able to use the pre-paid service through a wide range of BlackBerry devices that are available through Oman Mobile and Omantel outlets, including the new Bold 9700, Storm 9500 and Curve 8520 (Gemini) and the opportunity to benefit from the reduced prices during COMEX 2010.

Rao Chagarlamudi, Vice President of the Consumer Business Unit said: “COMEX 2010 provides us with a superb platform to meet our customers face to face and present them with a number of innovative new products and services.

“They can also experience the full range of our fixed, mobile and internet services and have the opportunity to meet our team who can demonstrate how our devices and range of services work and take them through the full range of opportunities they can enjoy through our new integrated website – www.omantel.om.”

In addition to individual consumers, Omantel will also be showcasing its extensive offer to the corporate sector during COMEX.

Adil Al Raisi, Vice President of the Corporate Business Unit and commented: “We are looking forward to this year’s event and the chance to meet so many of our existing and prospective corporate customers face to face”.

“Oman’s biggest annual gathering of the telecommunications industry and information technology is a superb opportunity for our rapidly growing corporate business unit to showcase the full range of our highly sophisticated services that are able to handle the requirements of all sizes of business.

“Our technological expertise, qualified staff, and years of experience make Omantel the undisputed market leader in the corporate sector.”

Omantel is also promising a number of surprises and innovative events in and around their exhibition areas during COMEX 2010 that are set to excite visitors to the event.

Omantel’s Senior Manager for Events and Sponsorship, Hamdan Al Harasi added: “This year’s COMEX has given us the opportunity to exhibit for the first time as one unified company since the merger of Omantel and Oman Mobile and the creation of our new enhanced brand.

“Visitor to our stands in the Shopper and Corporate areas will experience a new and vibrant look and feel to our presence at the event this year. We are also planning a number of fun and exciting surprises for visitors to Omantel throughout the 5-day event in addition to promoting an excellent range of offers and promotions.”