Oman Tower Company has started installing 13 telecommunication towers in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (Sezad), a report said.

The Zone has approved and issued sketches to install the telecommunication towers distributed over different locations, said a top official.

“The locations have been identified post conducting site visits by a team of specialists from the Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (Opaz), the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the telecommunication service providers,” said Azzan bin Said Al Hasani from the Public Utilities Department in Sezad.

“These visits are aimed to study the possible ways to strengthen the telecommunications network in the Zone and prioritise the sites where the towers and fiber-optic network switches are installed. Oman Tower Company has started the construction of the first towers in Al Sa’ada neighbourhood.”

Meanwhile, Oman Broadband Company started connecting a number of fiber optic networks in the commercial district of the Special Economic Zone at Duqm, in line with starting developing the road network in the new commercial district.

Al Hasani added: “The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones commends the cooperation accorded by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the service providers to strengthen the telecommunications network in Sezad and provide 5G networks in the next phase to keep pace with the Zones requirements.” – TradeArabia News Service