With Muscat heralded as the Arab Digital Capital for 2022, the country is laying out its long-term development and national implementation program, “Oman Vision 2040.” This instrumental plan will foster many services and opportunities for Oman and the greater region through digital transformation in the ICT sector and beyond.
A recent EY global survey revealed that residents from numerous countries have expressed concerns that their basic needs are not being met and that constituents expect from their government what they already get in everyday commercial transactions: speed, efficiency, transparency, reliability, security and personalization.
The global cyber insurance market registered significant growth in 2020 and 2021, primarily due to substantially increased premiums. The increased frequency and severity of cyberattacks, coupled with the global shift to remote working in the wake of the pandemic, prompted insurers to raise prices.
The ICT sector in Oman continues to expand on both local and international levels. The modernizations in e-commerce and e-government have enabled private and public organizations as well and brought a lot of benefits. The Sultanate provides a fertile environment to leverage new technologies, and Artificial Intelligence applications, targeting to attract foreign investments to the sector, through supporting these technologies, and accommodating their initiative testing, supporting its digital transformation and globalization.
The Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) announced the registration of more than 46,000 new domain names under the UAE national domain .ae in 2022, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 300,000 by Q1 2023. This shows an increase of nearly 20% compared to 2022.
The year 2022 has gone down in history as a momentous one for Vodafone in Oman, launching its commercial operations and taking great leaps towards developing a telecom operator for the future. Today, dreaming big for Oman is not a slogan but an ethos Vodafone has embraced as the Sultanate’s first 100% digital telecom operator, pledging to do things differently while pushing the sector forward with its unique approach, drive for innovation and scalable 5G capabilities.
With the help of natural language processing (NLP), a relevant AI-based technology, a machine can recognize and comprehend the nuances of human language.
Nicolas Blixell, Vice President and Head of Ericsson Gulf Council Countries
The Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) set 2025 as its goal to provide the country with the best network and ensure the advancement of the telecommunications sector.
Oman has embraced modernization and economic progress despite being the oldest independent state in the Arab world. It exhibits long-standing traditions seamlessly integrated with modern-day living, making its transformative economy more proactive and digital than before.
