SmartKargo recently was selected to provide air cargo and management solutions for Oman Air. SmartKargo aims to power the cargo sales and operations for Oman Air through its cloud-based cargo platform. SmartKargo's digital platform offers a variety of benefits that include electronic airway billing, a pricing system designed for all budgets and fast turnaround on all jobs. Read More »

Oman Air recently renewed its in-flight entertainment (IFE) content service agreement with Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE). Under the multiyear agreement, GEE will offer a wide range of IFE content services including movies, television, music and games. Travelers aboard Oman Air flights will also have access to a new passenger tablet system that features the iPad. Read More »

Omantel recently signed an agreement to partner with Ericsson to better network capabilities in Oman. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) details how Omantel and Ericsson will collaborate on deployment of intelligent network upgrades, the launch of innovative fixed and mobile products and services and the growth of Omantel’s product portfolio. Read More »

Ooredoo entered into two deals with Cisco aimed at increasing its offerings for companies in Qatar. A leasing deal with Cisco will allow Ooredoo enterprise customers to lease Cisco hardware for networking solutions, messaging, telephony, servers and collaboration technology. The second agreement will make Cisco's virtual managed services accessible to Ooredoo customers in Qatar. Read More »

Omantel signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cisco to improve the sultanate's leading telecommunications services as part of a long-term plan to transform the company and its presence in the network and data services sector. As part of the memorandum, Omantel and Cisco have agreed to partner in efforts to enhance managed network, data center and virtualization solutions. Read More »

Business representatives, social media experts, investors and professionals across the Gulf region came together to attend the third Back2Business Oman. Organized by numerous nonprofit business councils, including the Oman American Business Center, Back2Business Oman is the biggest business networking event in the sultanate and attracts companies from a variety of sectors. Read More »

Open Signal recently said Oman has the 13th fastest 4G LTE network worldwide and credited telecommunications services and supplier Omantel for the sultanate's ranking.Oman latest ranking is an increase of 10 places in just three months and place Oman in a position to exceed advanced countries. Open Signal is trusted source of intel on mobile carrier coverage around the globe. Read More »

Bank Nizwa recently showed its support of the growing logistics and transportation industry in Oman by sponsoring the South Al Batinah Logistics Hub Forum. Read More »

Ooredoo has entered into a deal to provide Al Raffd Fund's Sanad Service Centers across Oman with enhanced Internet services. "SMEs make up almost 90 percent of Oman's burgeoning business sector, making it vital that we provide them with the products, services and support they need to continue to thrive and support the nation's development," Ooredoo CEO Greg Young said. Read More »

Oman Marketing Inc. will act as the think tank for the real estate and tourism sectors of the Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran). Read More »

Oman-based telecommunications operator Omantel recently unveiled a new Internet protocol-based home broadcast service called Omantel TV+. The service will initially be available in areas that already offer fiber-optic coverage. Subscribers will be able to access more than 450 television channels from around the world, more than 1,100 movies and more than 3,500 TV series. Read More »

Oman Air welcomed Omani CEOs to a summit in Muscat meant to exchange ideas on stimulating investment in Oman. The gathering was an effort to create opportunities for partnerships that might address the region's changing economy. Oman Air CEO Paul Gregorowitsch said the challenges the economy faces would be best answered by collaboration between public and private entities. Read More »

Omantel will provide a 1,081-square-mile telecommunications network to serve BP Oman's Khazzan Gas Project. The agreement will provide fixed and mobile voice services as well as broadband services to Khazzan gas field - Block 61, located between the Ad Dhahirah and Ad Dakhiliya governorates. The services will help not only BP Oman, but also its contractors and other partners. Read More »

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has agreed to receive training and consulting services on corporate governance and sustainability from the Oman Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability. “PDO has always been committed to being a good corporate citizen, putting honesty, integrity and fairness at the center of everything we do," PDO Managing Director Raoul Restucci said. Read More »

Shell Oman said Mohammed Mahmood Al Balushi has been appointed managing director. Al Balushi, who will replace Adil Ismail Abdullah Al-Raisi, brings more than two decades of finance and management experience to the job, including 12 years with Shell, most recently working as a country manager for retail operations. Al Balushi also will represent Shell shareholder Shell Gas BV. Read More »

Omantel officials said Wednesday that the company's sukuk offering is attracting substantial interest. Omantel is looking to raise capital by issuing nearly $130 million in both American and Omani currencies, a first for any Omani company Read More »

Telecom company Ooredoo, based in Oman, recently secured three new streams of financing from local and international banks worth $177 million. Read More »

Business Today magazine recently named Omantel the best telecommunications service provider in Oman based on the results of its Best Brands survey. "More than 3 million customers in Oman choose us for a reason," Omantel CEO Talal Al Mamari said. "The confidence they place in us to deliver reliable and relevant services across the sultanate is something we take very seriously." Read More »

Approximately 400 Oman Air employees gathered at a conference last week in Muscat to review 2015's achievements and plot the course for the year ahead. The conference, which was themed "To Become the Best," featured presentations on the airline's outlook from an executive perspective as well as providing opportunities for participants to suggest ideas for moving forward. Read More »

The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) organized a set of B2B meetings Wednesday for Omani industrialists to connect with a delegation from Kuwait's Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies. Read More »