Phone Lines, Internet & Communications

Phone Lines

The Oman Telecommunications Company, also known as Omantel, runs a monopoly on the landline and internet access markets with a branch of the company Omanmobile offering mobile services. The Omani Government is known to own 70% of Omantel.

There are six mobile networks in the country, all providing 3G coverage they are Oman Mobile, Renna, Mazoon Mobile, Nawras, Friendi and Omanmobile. The country code for landlines is 00968 and landlines number over 250 thousand in number and mobile phones number over four million. These are perpetuated through open wire, microwave, radiotelephone communication, limited coaxial cable and domestic satellite systems with 8 Earth stations.

Internet

The internet access is also solely run by Omantel and the company offers both Dial-Up and Broadband Access. Typical monthly prices are as shown:

• Dial-Up: 3 OMR ($7.79 or £4.68)
• 0.5mb Broadband: 12 OMR ($31.16 or £18.74)
• 1mb Broadband: 19 OMR ($49.34 or £29.67)
• 2mb Broadband: 29 OMR ($75.31 or £45.28)
• 4mb Broadband: 39 OMR ($101.29 or £60.89)
• 8mb Broadband: 99 OMR ($257.11 or £154.57)

Communications

There are 13 TV broadcast stations and 25 low-power repeaters in the country as well as over 1.6 million Televisions.

Meanwhile, the radio works on AM 3, FM 9 and Shortwave 2 with Radios in the country numbering over 1.4 million.