Huawei upgrades is Singapore R&D operations

Huawei announced a US$20 million expansion of its Singapore R&D operations.

OpenLab 3.0 represents a US$20 million upgrade of Huawei's R&D operations in Asia Pacific. It will enable Huawei to better collaborate with local partners to create customer-centric and innovative scenario-based solutions that truly meet regional needs. Based on its considerable capabilities in wireless and optical networks, storage, cloud and AI, Huawei has developed a range of integrated solutions like Smart Campus, Smart Classroom, and Smart City. Collaborating with customers allows the solutions to be better tailored to meet needs through joint innovation. Collaboration often results in new ecosystems that deliver the digital transformation of public service, finance, transportation, energy and many more industries.

"The booming digital economy in APAC will lead to new innovative services and applications. To accelerate the digital transformation of industries, a more open and diversified industry ecosystem is required", said Mr. Nicholas Ma, President of Huawei APAC Enterprise Business Group. "OpenLab 3.0 is a global technology platform for local partners, customers and institutions of higher learning in APAC. It explores joint solutions based on the demands of various industries and continuously contributes to building the Digital APAC."

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Arrcus appoints Johan Wibergh to its Executive Advisory Board

Arrcus has appointed Johan Wibergh to its Executive Advisory Board. 

Wibergh served as CTO of Vodafone Group PLC from 2015 to 2022, as well as EVP of BU Networks with Ericsson, and is a board member in companies including Trimble, Marconi and Cohere Technologies. 

“Arrcus is an exciting company at the nexus of innovation in 5G, Edge, and multi-cloud networking. As they continue to disrupt the networking space with their innovative ACE platform, I am excited to be joining their executive advisory board, and I look forward to providing my insights to Shekar and the management team at Arrcus,” said Wibergh.

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OIF announces 3.2T Co-Packaged Module Implementation Agreement

OIF announced its Co-Packaging-3.2T-Module-01.0 Implementation Agreement for Ethernet switching applications utilizing 100G electrical lanes while ensuring backward compatibility with 50G lanes. 

The module definition can be in the form of an optical module or a passive copper cable assembly and provides ~140G/mm of bandwidth edge-density. It can enable optical and/or electrical interfaces for a 51.2Tb/s aggregate bandwidth switch.

The new IA includes interoperability specifications for the 3.2 Tb/s CPO modules, including:

• 8x400Gb/s optical interface options for FR4 and DR4 connectivity
• 32 x CEI-112G-XSR host interface (or 32 x CEI-56G-XSR in “backwards compatible” mode)
• Opto-mechanical module specifications
• Electrical specifications
• Control and management interface, enabled by enhancements to the existing OIF CMIS specification

“OIF’s members are committed to driving innovation and progress in co-packaging, continuously seeking ways to improve and innovate,” said Jeff Hutchins, OIF PLL Working Group Co-Packaging Vice Chair and Board Member, Ranovus. “This IA is part of a trio of projects which include the Framework project and the External Laser Small Form Factor Pluggable (ELSFP) project. Building on OIF’s successful track record of coherent and laser module IAs, it addresses the market need for interoperable integrated optics standardization identified by the CPO Framework IA.”

“Considerable progress has been made in co-packaging, and this new IA, along with a collaborative ecosystem, is a critical piece to propel the technology so that it meets industry needs, including that of Cloud service providers as they build their next-generation AI networks,” said Richard Ward, Technical Editor of the OIF 3.2T Co-Packaged Module IA, Astera Labs.

http://www.oiforum.com

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UK to investigate cloud infrastructure giants

Ofcom is proposing to refer the cloud infastructure market to the UK Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation and possible regulatory action.

A new study on the cloud infrastructure market by Ofcom reveals that Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have a combined market share of 60-70%. Google is their closest competitor with a share of 5-10%. Collectively these firms are known as the ‘hyperscalers’ and the vast majority of cloud customers use their services in some form.

The features and practices undertaken by these hyperscaler make it more difficult for customers to switch and use multiple cloud suppliers. We are particularly concerned about the practices of Amazon and Microsoft because of their market position.

Ofcom lists the following causes for concern:

• Egress fees. These are the charges that customers pay to transfer their data out of a cloud and the hyperscalers set them at significantly higher rates than other providers. The cost of egress fees can discourage customers from using services from more than one cloud provider or to switch to an alternative provider.
• Technical restrictions on interoperability. These are imposed by the leading firms that prevent some of their services working effectively with services from other providers. This means customers need to put additional effort into reconfiguring their data and applications to work across different clouds.
• Committed spend discounts. These can benefit customers by reducing their costs, but the way these discounts are structured can incentivise customers to use a single hyperscaler for all or most of their cloud needs, even when better quality alternatives are available.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/ofcom-proposes-to-refer-uk-cloud-market-for-investigation

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Equinix builds a 2nd data center in Montreal

Equinix is building a new state-of-the-art data center in Montreal. 

The new facility, known as MT2 and which is expected to open in the second half of 2023, will expand Equinix's presence in Montreal and continue the company's commitment to bring the full value of Platform Equinix and its portfolio of solutions to Canadian businesses. Once open, the new site will expand Equinix's Canadian footprint to 16 high-quality IBX data centers coast to coast and will provide customers a digital on-ramp to Equinix's global platform of more than 245 data centers. It will add more than 37,000 square feet of colocation space and offer global connectivity to better serve Montreal-based organizations' growing demand for digital infrastructure services.

MT2 is expected to be among the first cohort of data centers to support Equinix's efficiency commitment to sustainable air-cooling practices by aligning the operating temperature boundaries with the globally accepted standards described by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) A1A. Optimizing cooling operations within these standards improves data center efficiency, which can result in a reduction in customers' Scope 3 carbon emissions associated with their MT2 deployment.

Andrew Eppich, Managing Director at Equinix Canada, noted, "MT2 represents a major milestone in our investment to bring the best of Equinix to Canada and the best of Canada to the world. Montreal is a key economic center in Canada and globally, with a thriving and innovative ecosystem known for its diversity, creativity and collaborative spirit. Expanding our footprint in this metro will offer companies the best-in-class data center design with access to connectivity both globally and within Canada, so they can advance on their digital infrastructure and innovation journey at home and abroad."

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Lumentum trims outlook as major network OEM pauses deliveries

Citing an unexpected pause in orders from a major network equipment vender, Lumentum trimmed its financial outlook saying it now expects revenue for its fiscal third quarter 2023 to be in the range of $380 to $384 million, compared to the company’s previous expectation of $430 to $460 million.

“Late in our fiscal 2023 third quarter, a network equipment manufacturer who represented more than 10 percent of our fiscal second quarter revenue informed us that due to their inventory management, they would not take the shipments we had originally projected for the quarter,” said Alan Lowe, Lumentum President and CEO. “This shortfall is the primary reason that our fiscal 2023 third quarter revenue will be below the low end of our prior guidance range. Looking ahead, we expect a similar level of shipments to this customer in our fiscal Q4, as we saw in Q3. Nevertheless, our customer relationship remains strong, and we continue to work together closely to help them achieve success.”

Mr. Lowe continued, “We have confidence in our long-term strategy and operating model, and today we are announcing an increase in our share repurchase program.”

Lumentum’s board of directors recently approved an increase in its share repurchase program authorization to an aggregate amount of $1.2 billion and extended its duration through May 2025. Lumentum’s previously announced authorization was $1 billion through May 2024. As of April 1, 2023, Lumentum had used $615.5 million to repurchase 7.4 million shares. Lumentum expects to fund the repurchases under the extended share repurchase program out of its existing cash balance.

https://investor.lumentum.com/financial-news-releases/news-details/2023/Lumentum-Announces-Preliminary-Financial-Results-and-Reporting-Date-for-Fiscal-Third-Quarter-2023-and-Increased-Share-Repurchase-Program/default.aspx

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Edgecore launches switch supporting 64 X400G ports

Edgecore Networks a high capacity 400G switch designed for next-generation data center and cloud computing environments.

The DCS520 is powered by the Broadcom Tomahawk 4 chipset, which boasts 25.6 Tbps switching capacity and low-latency performance. It suports a density of 64 400G ports. It also supports up to 16 400G ZR or ZR+ coherent optics with up to 24W power budget per port, It is equipped with hot-swappable, redundant power supplies and fan modules.

The new switch also supports a hardened, validated, and supported SONiC distribution – Enterprise SONiC distribution by Edgecore. This is a hardened version of Community SONiC that includes feature enhancements, enterprise-ready Layer 2 and Layer 3 functions, Quality of Service capabilities, and key management protocols. 

“Edgecore committed to helping operators build their new network architectures for 400G and 800G in the future. We will continue to develop collaborative solutions between the ecosystem of software and system integrator partners to deliver robust disaggregated networking solutions," said Nanda Ravindran, Vice President of Product Management. "With the DCS520, we are proud to offer a powerful solution that meets the evolving needs of modern data center and cloud computing environments. We aim to help customers build cost-effective, reliable, and scalable networks that meet the demands of their end customers."

https://www.edge-core.com/productsInfo.php?cls=1&cls2=349&cls3=350&id=1142

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NTT and NEC target decarbonization initiatives

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT Anode Energy Corporation (NTT Anode Energy), NEC Corporation (NEC) and NEC Platforms Co., announced a basic agreement for reducing the environmental impact of business activities and have begun collaborating on the promotion of a decarbonized society.

Highlights:

• NTT Anode Energy will provide 100% renewable energy to the NEC Platforms Fukushima Plant, which manufactures 5G base station equipment, with the aim of starting from June 2024. Part of the renewable energy will include power generated in an offsite PPA (*1) as well as green energy sent directly from a power plant (*2).
• The NEC Platforms Fukushima Plant will be using renewable energy supplied by NTT Anode Energy to manufacture networking equipment, such as IOWN (*3) products that incorporate cutting-edge energy-saving technologies.
• NTT and NEC will jointly promote initiatives in support of a decarbonized society, including the supply chain.

https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease/2023/04/06/230406a.html

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Ericsson's Cradlepoint to acquire cloud-based security specialist Ericom

Cradlepoint, which is a subsidiary of Ericsson, has acquired cloud-based security specialist Ericom. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Ericom’s zero trust and cloud-based security solutions will form the basis of the new Cradlepoint NetCloud Threat Defense cloud service, expanding the company’s mobile-capable and router-integrated SASE (secure access service edge) and zero trust portfolio of solutions for fixed-site, remote worker, in-vehicle and IoT use cases.

Welcoming Ericom, George Mulhern, Head of Ericsson Business Area Enterprise Wireless Solutions and CEO of Cradlepoint, said: “We can now deliver a comprehensive SD-WAN and SASE solution for Wireless WAN and private cellular networking, leveraging 5G while addressing the wireline needs of enterprise customers.”

https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2023/4/ericssons-cradlepoint-acquires-ericom

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ATX Networks opens manufacturing site in Michigan

ATX Networks,which supplies broadband access and media distribution solutions, opened a new manufacturing plant in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, to build its GigaXtend HFC amplifiers and future ATX solutions.

The state-of-the-art facility, announced in September of last year, is owned and operated by Mara Technologies, a subsidiary of the Invotek Group. Mara incorporated an advanced and highly automated linear production line and testing capabilities into the plant’s design for high-volume and high-quality production of outside plant products.

The plant will initially produce ATX’s widely deployed GainMaker-compatible GigaXtend amplifiers.

“A USA-based manufacturing plant enables ATX to accelerate the assembly, packaging and shipping of ATX products while expanding our overall manufacturing capabilities to meet the time-to-market needs of our customers,” said Dan Whalen, CEO of ATX Networks, at the April 4th grand opening. “In addition to helping us keep supply chain constraints in check, a U.S. manufacturing facility has the potential to assist MSOs working to shrink the digital divide leveraging government funding.”

“We are honored to have ATX as an anchor tenant and assist in expanding the company’s manufacturing capabilities,” said Peter Schmied, President & COO of the Invotek Group of companies. “As demand for HFC amplifiers increases, the cable community can count on ATX to deliver the HFC products they need — when they need them — in lockstep with customer demand.”

www.atx.com

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Adtran joins Software enabled Fiber optic multisensing Network project

Adtran has joined the EU-funded Software enabled Fiber optic multisensing Network (SoFiN) project, which is developing a flexible platform for fiber-based sensing applications in critical infrastructure. The platform will measure properties such as strain, temperature, vibration and acoustics through interrogator and sensor technology, cloud connectivity and AI-based signal interpretation. Adtran is leading the development of the interrogator platform and the new solution will be tested in a fiber network with Adtran customer and SoFiN partner, Tele2 Estonia, as well as a water supply network in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Involving a consortium of eight partners from Germany, Denmark, Cyprus and Estonia, the four-year project will harness cloud connectivity and AI to improve monitoring of fiber-optic and power distribution networks as well as to reduce leakage in water supply systems. Adtran’s expertise in fiber assurance technology will be instrumental in engineering low-cost, energy-efficient and versatile multi-sensing systems.

“We’re excited to contribute our know-how and experience to the SoFiN project. Together with our partners, we’ll develop and demonstrate an integrated and energy-efficient interrogator hardware setup that can easily be adapted to different sensing needs,” said Sander Jansen, GM of Infrastructure Monitoring, Adtran. “Our expertise in fiber assurance technology will play a crucial role in engineering low-cost, energy-efficient and versatile multi-sensing systems. This will deliver major benefits across a wide range of sectors from telecommunications to power grids.”

The SoFiN project has the potential to revolutionize the way critical infrastructure is supervised and protected. It will produce low-cost and energy-efficient multi-sensing systems expected to address the monitoring needs of various industries, including telecommunications, power grids and water supply networks. 

https://www.adtran.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/20230404-adtran-joins-sofin-project-to-drive-flexible-low-cost-multi-sensing-for-critical-industries

More about SoFiN: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101093015

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Dell'Oro: Worldwide telecom CAPEX to decline in 2023

Worldwide telecom capex—the sum of wireless and wireline telecom carrier investments—increased at a low-single digit rate year-over-year in nominal USD terms in 2022, down from the high-single digit growth in 2021, according to a new forecast report from Dell'Oro Group. This moderation in the capex growth rate was consistent with the aggregate telco equipment trends previously communicated regarding the six Dell'Oro telecom programs (Broadband Access, Microwave Transmission & Mobile Backhaul, Optical Transport, Mobile Core Network, Radio Access Network, Service Provider Routers & Switch).

"The relation between service provider capex and telecom equipment is not perfect, partly because the equipment makes up roughly one third of the capex," said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President and analyst with Dell'Oro Group. "Even with the inherent wiggle room, aggregate R-squared for capex and equipment is in the 0.8+ range over the past seven years, so it is obviously an important metric to consider for short-term projections. At the same time, it is not the only input and with the equipment market expected to grow 1 percent in 2023 and telco capex projected to decline, it can be inferred that the Dell'Oro analyst team is modeling some minor decoupling over the short-term," continued Pongratz.

Additional highlights from the March 2023 3-year Telecom Capex forecast report:

• Looking back at the full year, total capex growth was slightly lower than the 3 percent increase we initially projected a year ago going into 2022, partly due to the stronger USD.
• Global telecom capex projections have been revised upward to reflect the price of the USD and the improved capex outlook in China.
• Global telecom capex is projected to decline at a 2 percent to 3 percent CAGR over the next 3 years, as positive growth in India will not be enough to offset sharp capex cuts in North America.
• Capital intensity ratios are projected to improve and approach 16 percent by 2025, hinging crucially on the assumption that carrier revenues will remain flat and outperform capex.

https://www.delloro.com/news/worldwide-telecom-capex-to-decline-in-2023/

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Vantage signs Investment Partnership to fund EMEA expansions

Vantage Data Centers will form an Investment Partnership with a consortium of investors led by funds affiliated with the investment management platform of DigitalBridge, MEAG and Infranity (together with other investors).

The transaction values the Investment Partnership, which is related to certain stabilized European assets, at approximately €2.5 billion (approximately $2.7 billion), including Vantage’s stake. The additional capital raised by the Investor Consortium will be used to support the continued growth of Vantage’s EMEA data center platform. The Investment Partnership is expected to be finalized in the second quarter of 2023, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions, including the receipt of certain regulatory approvals.

https://www.vantage-dc.com

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HPE intros File, Block and Data Protection Services

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced new file, block, disaster and backup recovery data services that deliver scale-out, enterprise-grade performance for data-intensive workloads.

The new file and block offerings leverage a flexible hybrid cloud architecture through HPE Alletra Storage MP and are available through HPE GreenLake. HPE GreenLake for File Storage provides a scale-out service to accelerate processing of data-intensive workloads through enterprise performance at scale, with throughput of hundreds of gigabytes per second. The new file storage service brings together the HPE GreenLake cloud experience and VAST Data software to establish a highly resilient file service designed for exabyte scale.

HPE GreenLake for Block Storage is expanding to offer the availability, performance and scalability of mission-critical storage with mid-range economics. The new HPE GreenLake for Block Storage is the industry’s first disaggregated, scale-out block storage with a 100% data availability guarantee. HPE GreenLake for Block Storage now offers better price for performance but with the same always-on, always-fast architecture designed to help customers meet SLAs for mission-critical applications and mixed workloads. Customers can get HPE Alletra Storage MP today in an upfront capital expenditure motion, with HPE GreenLake for Block Storage subscription services.

“Customers today face unprecedented challenges in managing their data. The rapid increase in the volume and complexity of data has forced organizations to manage it all with a costly combination of siloed storage solutions,” said Tom Black, executive vice president and general manager, HPE Storage. “The new HPE GreenLake data services and expanded HPE Alletra innovations make it easier and more economical to manage multiple types of data, storage protocols, and workloads, allowing customers to focus on accelerating innovation and driving business results.”

https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2023/04/hpe-transforms-data-lifecycle-management-with-expanded-hpe-alletra-portfolio-with-new-file-block-and-data-protection-services.html

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KT appoints interim CEO following succession turmoil

KT has appointed Park Jong- Ook, Head of Corporate Planning Group, to serve as interim CEO.

This follows the resignation of Ku Hyeon-Mo as the CEO of KT due to personal reasons, as well as the resignation of two outside directors, Kim Dae-You and Yu Hee-Yol, who expressed heavy responsibility for recent events. 

Earlier in March, the company's board of directors considered 5 other candidates for the top role, but these plans fell apart.

KT has established an Emergency Management Committee composed of the interim CEO and key executives to make collective decisions on management and business concerns, and plans to operate a "Sustainable Growth TF" and "New Governance Establishment TF" under the committee.

https://corp.kt.com/eng/attach/irnews/10631/IR%20Newsletter_230329_ENG.pdf

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Virgin Media UK hit by service outages

Virgin Media was impacted by multiple service outages on April 4th beginning in the morning and extending throughout the day. The disruption impacted the company's contact centres as well as its broadband subscribers across the UK.

Virgin Media apologized on Twitter for the disruption but has not posted an explanation.

On its blog, Cloudflare analyses the traffic drop to UK ISP Virgin Media backbone (AS5089).

https://blog.cloudflare.com/virgin-media-outage-april-4-2023/

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Oracle to open 2nd cloud region in Singapore

Oracle plans to open a second cloud region in Singapore.

The new region, which is one of 10 planned public regions to join the 41 regions that Oracle currently operates, will offer over 100 OCI services and applications, including Oracle Autonomous Database, MySQL HeatWave Database Service, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, and Oracle Cloud VMware Solution.

“Our upcoming second cloud region in Singapore will help meet the tremendous upsurge in demand for cloud services in South East Asia,” said Garrett Ilg, president, Japan & Asia Pacific, Oracle. “With the new region, Oracle offers customers true business continuity and disaster protection while meeting in-country data residency requirements. As a result, we’re extending our commitment to helping organizations in South East Asia embrace technologies like AI, machine learning, and IoT to address their most complex challenges and achieve more with less.”

The first Oracle Cloud Singapore Region has supported the innovation needs of more than 1,000 customers in South East Asia, including Pacific International Lines and Siam Makro.

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-strengthens-commitment-to-south-east-asia-with-second-cloud-region-in-singapore-2023-04-04/

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OpenColo carries 1.6 Tbps using Nokia's 800GE link aggregation

OpenColo, a data center operator based in Santa Clara, California, transported a 1.6 Tbps traffic flow over an 800GE link aggregation group with 800GE FR4 optics. 

The field trial included the Nokia 7750 SR-1se router equipped with FP5 silicon to enable 800GE interfaces, and the Nokia 1830 PSI compact modular optical transport platform equipped with Photonic Service Engine (PSE) coherent interfaces. 

Nokia says this trial marks the industry-first application of 800GE link aggregation for high-capacity data center interconnect, including both full link resiliency with coherent optical transport.

Scott Brookshire, Co-founder and CTO at OpenColo, said: “At OpenColo, we constantly strive to push the limits of what's achievable to anticipate the ever-evolving demands of our valued customers and the market. With Nokia's groundbreaking release of 800GE, we had full faith in their ability to provide us with seamless line rate performance of 1.6 Tb/s without any packet loss. True to our expectations, Nokia delivered on this promise.”

Jeff Jakab, Vice President, IP Hardware Product Management at Nokia, said: “We are pleased to achieve this important milestone with OpenColo as it further demonstrates the maturity and added value of our 800GE routing technology to solve real customer challenges today and tomorrow. The economic advantages of 800GE in comparison to 400GE are clear, being cost neutral to 400GE today and providing up to a 40 percent power savings versus 400GE today. Adopting 800GE routing is a simple and clear solution to the immediate power concerns our industry faces.”

https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2023/04/03/nokia-expands-opencolos-data-center-site-connectivity-using-800ge-routing-interfaces/

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Verizon lands $2 billion contract with FAA

Verizon was awarded a 15-year contract valued at over $2 billion to design, build, secure, integrate and operate a new telecommunications network.

Under the terms of the Federal Aviation Administration Enterprise Network Services (FENS) contract, Verizon will build the FAA a dynamic, highly available and secure enterprise network to support all of the agency's mission critical applications across the National Airspace System (NAS), which includes providing Air Traffic Management (ATM) to more than 45,000 flights and 2.9 million airline passengers traveling across the more than 29 million square miles that make up the U.S. national airspace system.

“This is an incredible opportunity for Verizon to lead the nation’s largest government transportation agency through a telecommunications infrastructure transformation that utilizes the latest advances in technology and networking solutions,” said Kyle Malady, Verizon Business CEO. “From dynamic services and bandwidth provisioning, to improved insight and visibility into network service configuration and operation, we are excited to help the FAA with a robust solution that will benefit the National Airspace System and administrative users alike.”

FENS is the successor to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) contract, which was implemented in 2002 to provide consolidated telecom services for the 5,000 facilities and 30,000 circuits in the NAS. By extension, FENS will serve as the primary means for FAA's telecommunications services and forms the basic infrastructure for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen.

Additionally, the new enterprise platform managed by Verizon will provide the FAA with features such as dynamic service provisioning and reconfiguration, survivability, on-demand Service Flow routing.

https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-public-sector-wins-federal-aviation-administration-fens-contract

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Oman Emirates Gateway subsea cable project gets backing

Omantel, in collaboration with UAE-based du, announced plans to build a 275-km submarine cable to serve as an express connection between both countries.

The Oman Emirates Gateway (OEG) that will connect two international data centres - Equinix MC1 in Barka, Oman and datamena DX1 in Dubai, UAE.

Talal Al Mamari, CEO of Omantel, said, “I am glad to announce this partnership with du. This direct and dedicated corridor will synergise the goals of Omantel as the global wholesale hub and of du as the regional data hub, bringing huge benefits to our Wholesale and Enterprise customers. Both companies will also be able to further expand their networks with higher efficiency and improved connectivity which will result in a significant positive impact in terms of services quality and product variety.”

“The importance of this partnership is reflected by the fact that it is the first of its kind regional fibre optic submarine cable which connects two international data centres - Equinix MC1 in Barka, Oman and datamena DX1 in Dubai, UAE. This link will act as a major facilitator for hyperscalers, content providers and international carriers that are currently hosted in these datacentres to avail improved connectivity services and higher capacities and will be able to directly link their Point of Presence (POPs) in the region. Increased connectivity between the two data centres will also attract more global players to the region, improve the quality of connectivity, which will in turn, boost customer experience,” Al Mamari added.

https://www.omantel.om/

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