TRA ANNOUNCES 5G ROADMAP
The Ministry of Technology and Communications together with Oman Broadband and Ooredoo launched the high-speed Oman Government Network (OGN) on Wednesday.
This integrated and safe government network will meet the future requirements of e.oman projects, like the G-cloud, the Official Oman egovernment Services Portal and the National Data Center.
“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”, said Dhafir bin Saif al Kabbani, In-charge of Director General of Infrastructure.
According to him, these entities are linked using fibre optics network in a way that helps these entities in benefiting from the new network to provide their eservices with better The decks have been cleared for the phased launch of the 5G mobile Internet as per Oman Vision 2040 strategy.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) on Wednesday granted two telecom operators — Omantel and Ooredoo — the right to use a 100MHZ 5G spectrum, which will offer endless opportunities for upgrading their services.
Both the telecom companies will construct and install 4,400 stations to operate 5G technology quality and speed that reaches 1 GB in all government sites. “In addition, the new network will play a major role in upgrading the capacity of the OGN’S Integrated Service Digital Network in the next five years, including 1,000 stations in the year 20192020.
To enable the effective roll-out of 5G services and encourage investment in the sector, the telecom companies will be exempted from the annual frequency usage fees for one year.
With this announcement, TRA displayed its readiness for 5G services in the Sultanate, which will enable companies to employ artificial intelligence in data analysis and decision making, providing vital impetus to the overall economic development. (ISDN) lines and elevating its quality while decreasing the previous costs,” Al Kabbani said.
Bader al Zeidi of Oman Broadband said that the project is considered one of the most vital projects in the technology and communication field. FIBRE OPTICS
“This project aims to enable electronic connectivity between different government entities through a single high efficiency and quality network,” he said.
Al Zeidi said that the company’s role includes building, designing, and maintaining the inactive fibre optics network.
About 115 km of fibre was built in the first stage in 18 sites during a 14-month period.
In the second stage, 458 km of fiber was added in 45 sites in an 18-month period; thus, the total length of the fiber accounted for 573 km covering 63 sites.
This project will allow government entities to have access to high speed and good quality data transfer. This network will be garnered towards 4-IR needs and the applications that accompany it.