SCT, Omantel ink pact for satellite services

• Omantel will utilize satellite services to expand and enhance its mobile network backhauling

• The agreement will help Omantel gain satellite bandwidth to complement its terrestrial range coverage

Space Communication Technologies Company (SCT) and Oman Telecommunication Company (Omantel) have signed an agreement on Tuesday to provide Satellite Communication to the different verticals in the Omani market, a press release issued by the companies said.

Omantel will utilize the satellite services using the state-of-the-art technologies on Ka-Band from the SCT’s satellite Earth Station located in Omantel’s Al Amerat Teleport on the Omani Satellite payload on Arabsat6A @ 30.5 E.

Omantel will use this service to expand and enhance its reach for mobile network backhauling, in addition to providing connectivity services to its end-customers in different regions across the Sultanate.

As the leading integrated telecom services provider of Oman, Omantel sees this agreement as a push towards digitization that is modernizing traditional ways of governance, education, business, services, and administration by offering more efficient technologies and advanced solutions.

Omantel will gain satellite bandwidth to complement its terrestrial range coverage, thus expanding the user base, and bringing them access to the latest innovations through improved connectivity.

This agreement is another collaboration between Omantel and SCT. In 2020, Omantel was selected as SCT’s telecom infrastructure service provider and accordingly SCT co-located its main satellite hub in Omantel’s Teleport in Al Amerat.