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MUSCAT  The 70 per cent government-owned Omantel yesterday signed two memorandums of understanding with Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of India’s Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
The key objectives of the two MoUs signed here, Omantel said, are to transform Oman into a key internet transit point between the Middle East and Africa, and create a hi-tech link between the Middle East and Africa, by extending the marine cable network.
Dr Mohammed bin Ali Al Wohaibi, executive president of Omantel, and Punit Garg, CEO of Flag Telecom, signed the MoUs. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, chairman of Flag Telecom, presided over the signing session.
Flag Telecom is a leading provider of international network transport and data services to telecom operators, content providers and internet communities across the globe. It has an established customer base of more than 180 leading operators, including all of the top ten international carriers. In the first international acquisition by the Reliance Group, Flag Telecom became a Reliance-Infocomm company in January 2004.
The first project will be implemented by September this year. The project is expected to provide 12 countries with internet services, including the member states of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC). It will also provide lease circuit services as well as multi-party labelling system, which is known to be the fastest system in electronic telecommunications technology today.
Omantel seeks to link the African cable network with Oman through marine cables, which will converge through Seeb and Khasab points. This will place Oman on the world telecom map along with the leading global telecom operators.
“We are keen to adopt advanced technologies and strive to make Oman a major international telecom hub. Our collaboration with Flag Telecom will help us link the country through the internet with several international financial centres in Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East,†said Dr Mohammed bin Ali Al Wohaibi.
The Sultanate, Al Wohaibi said, was chosen to be part of this project in view of its strategic and geographic location between the Middle East and Africa, which makes it a strategic communications link between Europe and Africa. The benefits of Falcon sea cable projects are already visible. Omantel is the first company to sign a memorandum of understanding with Flag Telecom to operate the system in Oman. Now, the Sultanate is linked with India, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
“Efforts are underway to commission other stations in Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt and the Maldives, Dr Al Wohaibi added.
Oman is ideally located at the heart of the Falcon route. Omantel believes that it will meet the burgeoning broadband demand from the fast growing Gulf and wider west Asia region not only for this decade, but also for the decade beyond. Oman is an important terminal for this vital project. The project will also link the country with the rest of the Gulf as well as with India and Egypt and several other world countries.
The project will also establish terminals in Seeb and Khasab, now linked with all other regions of the Sultanate and the world through the marine cable network.
The project, Dr Al Wohaibi said, will enable Omantel to get high capacities at all levels based on a 15-year contract. Several sea cables from various international quarters will converge in the main terminal in Seeb.
The project will help Omantel diversify its sources of capacities besides the current sea cable. Falcon project is the first self-maintenance marine cables network with high capacity and high quality connectivity in the region. Falcon system provides multiple land links in the Gulf as well as marine extensions reaching India in the East and Egypt in the West.
Falcon system covers an area, exceeding more than 10,000km. It provides larger capacity for high quality communications in the region to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for broadband services. Alcatel provided the second generation of DWDM marine terminals, which includes the latest technologies of optical transmission. It will allow telecom companies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of networks. Alcatel multi-service fibre knot and the land Metro Core Connect 1678 were installed to connect all transmission stations.
Meanwhile, all land and marine equipment and tools are managed by an integrated comprehensive system of networks management provided by Alcatel.
It will make radical changes in the balance of international telecommunications infrastructure, as it will provide terra bite capacities for the first time in the Gulf. The project will meet the regional demand on the first self-maintenance network of marine cables in the Gulf, including links with Egypt and Hong Kong. Oman occupies an ideal location at the heart of the route of Falcon project. It provides important means of communications from world business centres to India in the East and Egypt in the West. The Falcon project will meet the increasing demand for broad bands in the region, the Middle East and Africa.
Falcon project is the first cables system that brings fully protected means of communications into the Gulf. It will enable telecom companies to provide high quality, fast, efficient and economic services to their customers.
The Western connection method of Falcon system will reach the boosting station of Egypt telecom in Suez where it will integrate with Flag international network. Then, Falcon system will travel along the Red Sea and adjacent to the East Africa coast and along the north of the Arabian Sea before reaching the Sultanate.
Falcon system will cross the Arabian Sea to reach the Reliance Group’s terminal in Mumbai in India, where it will connect with the high-speed international 8,000km long network, linking over 700 cities all over India and China at the East Coast, where another Reliance Group boosting station was established. Falcon is a new marine system linking India and Hong Kong where the cable is reconnected to the Flag’s international network.
Source :- Times of Oman
MUSCAT  The 70 per cent government-owned Omantel yesterday signed two memorandums of understanding with Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of India’s Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
The key objectives of the two MoUs signed here, Omantel said, are to transform Oman into a key internet transit point between the Middle East and Africa, and create a hi-tech link between the Middle East and Africa, by extending the marine cable network.
Dr Mohammed bin Ali Al Wohaibi, executive president of Omantel, and Punit Garg, CEO of Flag Telecom, signed the MoUs. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, chairman of Flag Telecom, presided over the signing session.
Flag Telecom is a leading provider of international network transport and data services to telecom operators, content providers and internet communities across the globe. It has an established customer base of more than 180 leading operators, including all of the top ten international carriers. In the first international acquisition by the Reliance Group, Flag Telecom became a Reliance-Infocomm company in January 2004.
The first project will be implemented by September this year. The project is expected to provide 12 countries with internet services, including the member states of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC). It will also provide lease circuit services as well as multi-party labelling system, which is known to be the fastest system in electronic telecommunications technology today.
Omantel seeks to link the African cable network with Oman through marine cables, which will converge through Seeb and Khasab points. This will place Oman on the world telecom map along with the leading global telecom operators.
“We are keen to adopt advanced technologies and strive to make Oman a major international telecom hub. Our collaboration with Flag Telecom will help us link the country through the internet with several international financial centres in Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East,†said Dr Mohammed bin Ali Al Wohaibi.
The Sultanate, Al Wohaibi said, was chosen to be part of this project in view of its strategic and geographic location between the Middle East and Africa, which makes it a strategic communications link between Europe and Africa. The benefits of Falcon sea cable projects are already visible. Omantel is the first company to sign a memorandum of understanding with Flag Telecom to operate the system in Oman. Now, the Sultanate is linked with India, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
“Efforts are underway to commission other stations in Iran, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt and the Maldives, Dr Al Wohaibi added.
Oman is ideally located at the heart of the Falcon route. Omantel believes that it will meet the burgeoning broadband demand from the fast growing Gulf and wider west Asia region not only for this decade, but also for the decade beyond. Oman is an important terminal for this vital project. The project will also link the country with the rest of the Gulf as well as with India and Egypt and several other world countries.
The project will also establish terminals in Seeb and Khasab, now linked with all other regions of the Sultanate and the world through the marine cable network.
The project, Dr Al Wohaibi said, will enable Omantel to get high capacities at all levels based on a 15-year contract. Several sea cables from various international quarters will converge in the main terminal in Seeb.
The project will help Omantel diversify its sources of capacities besides the current sea cable. Falcon project is the first self-maintenance marine cables network with high capacity and high quality connectivity in the region. Falcon system provides multiple land links in the Gulf as well as marine extensions reaching India in the East and Egypt in the West.
Falcon system covers an area, exceeding more than 10,000km. It provides larger capacity for high quality communications in the region to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for broadband services. Alcatel provided the second generation of DWDM marine terminals, which includes the latest technologies of optical transmission. It will allow telecom companies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of networks. Alcatel multi-service fibre knot and the land Metro Core Connect 1678 were installed to connect all transmission stations.
Meanwhile, all land and marine equipment and tools are managed by an integrated comprehensive system of networks management provided by Alcatel.
It will make radical changes in the balance of international telecommunications infrastructure, as it will provide terra bite capacities for the first time in the Gulf. The project will meet the regional demand on the first self-maintenance network of marine cables in the Gulf, including links with Egypt and Hong Kong. Oman occupies an ideal location at the heart of the route of Falcon project. It provides important means of communications from world business centres to India in the East and Egypt in the West. The Falcon project will meet the increasing demand for broad bands in the region, the Middle East and Africa.
Falcon project is the first cables system that brings fully protected means of communications into the Gulf. It will enable telecom companies to provide high quality, fast, efficient and economic services to their customers.
The Western connection method of Falcon system will reach the boosting station of Egypt telecom in Suez where it will integrate with Flag international network. Then, Falcon system will travel along the Red Sea and adjacent to the East Africa coast and along the north of the Arabian Sea before reaching the Sultanate.
Falcon system will cross the Arabian Sea to reach the Reliance Group’s terminal in Mumbai in India, where it will connect with the high-speed international 8,000km long network, linking over 700 cities all over India and China at the East Coast, where another Reliance Group boosting station was established. Falcon is a new marine system linking India and Hong Kong where the cable is reconnected to the Flag’s international network.
Source :- Times of Oman
