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ups. It also reflects Omantel’s far-sighted trepreneurship center, fosters Omani tech ing that we remain at the forefront of our
vision towards innovation and technology. startups and cultivates a thriving ecosys- industry." byanat has already made waves,
Omantel’s investment in byanat is driven tem. Their investment in byanat reaffirms won the Machine Learning Award in Data
by our confidence in its potential to revo- their dedication to nurturing ground-break- at Oman’s 2nd Big Data and Analytics Meet
lutionize the technology industry, not just ing startups and reinforcing Oman's sta- and being among the top 2% accepted
in Oman but worldwide. As we continue tus as a regional leader in technology and into the 500 Global accelerator program in
to focus on enhancing and growing our innovation. Ahmed Al Ghadani, CEO of by- the MENA region. As digital infrastructure
innovative services and infrastructure, we anat, commented, “With this milestone in- becomes more complex, the demand for
also place a high priority on empowering vestment, our focus at byanat is firmly set advanced data analytics solutions grows.
startups through various programs offered on the future. We're committed to scaling With Omantel's support, byanat's innovative
by Omantel Innovation Labs”. Omantel In- our operations, expanding our product of- platform is poised to tackle these challeng-
novation Labs, Oman's innovation and en- ferings, and reaching new markets, ensur- es and deliver value.

Omantel Signs an MoU with Hytera to Launch Mission Critical Industry

Solution Service Over Mobile Networks at COMEX

Omantel, the leading provider of
integrated telecommunication services
in the Sultanate of Oman, has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with Hytera to launch Mission-Critical
Push To Talk (MCPTT) at COMEX-- a
communications solution where enterprise
customers can send instant voice, video,
and multimedia messages and many more
additional supporting services. The MoU
has been signed during the COMEX event
by Eng. Baha Al Lawati, Vice President
Enterprise Unit at Omantel, and Cook Wang,
Vice President of Hytera Communications,
Middle East and Africa. Traditionally,
MCPTT has been in use in mission-
critical settings where operations cannot
be interrupted under any circumstances,
such as public safety, transportation, and advanced functionality enabling video communication, recording and man
government, and 24/7 operations such as organizations to focus and achieve their down detection feature. The PTT solution
oil and gas, mining, and utilities. The same business objectives more efficiently. This is one of many innovative solutions that
technology can be used for generic non- service will help nearly all industries such Omantel hosted at COMEX, including
mission-critical group communications by as Oil & Gas, Ports, Airports, municipalities, signing major agreements with private and
shopping centers, stadiums, hospitality, Hospitality, retailers, Construction, and government agencies to accelerate their
event management agencies, and security many more.” MCPTT is used for instant digital transformation journey. Omantel is
staff. Eng. Baha Al Lawati – VP Enterprise communication between individuals and the Sultanate’s first and leading integrated
Business Unit at Omantel said: “We are among groups, with the ability to have a telecommunications services provider,
thrilled to announce our partnership with command and control center to manage enabling the digital society to flourish,
Hytera to introduce this pioneering service the whole operation from a single panel. allowing new ways of doing business,
at COMEX. It is a continuation of our The big edge is that solution has now and delivering a world of information,
commitment to our enterprise customers to gone beyond voice-only communication. news, and entertainment. While striving to
provide them with innovative and dedicated Modern PTT has advanced features for ensure an optimum customer satisfaction,
solutions to cater and address their evolving increased productivity and safety, such as Omantel plays a key social role to provide
needs in mission critical operations. Our location features, emergency and priority the required support and assistant to all
cutting edge MCPTT service empowers communication, private calls, ambient calls, sectors amongst the Omani society.
enterprises and set new industry alternative media sharing, SDS (Short Data Service),
solutions combining reliability, security, status messages, multimedia messaging,

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