Muscat Municipality and Omantel signs a memorandum of understanding to provide ICT solutions and services of smart cities
• H.E Isam Al Zadjali: we seek to take advantage of the latest ICT solutions to make the Muscat and Suhar smart cities
• Abdu as` Salam al Murshidi: cooperation will be a model for future partnerships with other sectors
• Talal al-Mamari: employing the latest innovations to serve the digital transformation of the Sultanate
Muscat Municipality and Oman Telecommunications Company "Omantel" signed today a memorandum of understanding to employ the Information Technology solutions and Services in developing Municipal services and making the two cities of Muscat and Suhar smart and sustainable.
Chairman of Muscat Municipality, H.E Eng Isam Al Zidjali and Sheikh Talal bin Said Al Mamari, the CEO of Omantel, signed the memorandum on behalf of both Muscat Municipality and Omantel, in the presence of H. E. Abdu as`Salam Bin Mohammed Al Murshidi the chairman of the governing council of Omantel, in the presence of officials from both sides.
Under the memorandum, many solutions for ICT services and smart city services will be provided in the municipal sectors, in addition to introducing the blockchain technology and smart cloud services to integrate them in the management system of customer relation.
H. E Issamal-zidjali stated that smart cities will provide the populace with services that facilitate the use of municipal services. He also added "The memorandum also provides many innovative solutions that will improve the quality of municipal infrastructure services to save time, effort and cost."
H. E. Abdu as`Salam al Murshidi, the chairman of the governing council of Omantel said that the memorandum will help in making a big leap in e-services which will be the impetus for us in Omantel to develop similar solutions for smart cities in the Sultanate of Oman. Sheikh Talal al Mamari believes that the development of telecommunications services motivated the world to be on the verge of a big breakthrough in this field.
Dr. Ammar al Obaidani, President-Commercial at Block-chain Oman emphasized that collaboration with Omantel enriches the digital experience in the Sultanate, thus promoting the fourth industrial revolution.
It is worth to mention that The Municipality seeks to improve the quality of its services and make moves towards technical and digital transformation strategies, based on the Oman Vision 2040.