AI in Oman
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Reporting on the artificial intelligence, cloud, and software stack being built in Oman — for founders and technology teams tracking which platforms, funding rounds, and infrastructure decisions are moving revenue in the Sultanate.
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Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has replaced its 18-year-old number portability rules with a new framework that locks in automated switching, RO 3 in combined fees per transfer, and a 90-day deadline for providers to connect to the central system.
By Samir Al-Balushi
UTAS's Salalah branch just ran a 15-hour AI course for managers and HR staff, the latest stop in a system-wide push to build practical AI skills inside Oman's largest applied-sciences university.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
A new legal explainer this week breaks down how Oman's updated Cybercrime Law criminalises payment fraud, just as the Sultanate's digital payment volumes surge 76% in a year.
By Samir Al-Balushi
Oman's Cyber Defence Centre has launched the National Cyber Security Strategy 2026-2030, a five-pillar framework meant to protect the country's fast-growing digital government services, from national ID systems to e-invoicing.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
Oman's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion confirmed 45 of 60 targeted factories have now been assessed under the Smart Industry Readiness Index, alongside new data on lean manufacturing savings and the Made in Oman digital platform.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
Oman's Ministry of Finance is shifting public accounting from a cash basis to accrual, using the Maliyah digital financial platform and IPSAS standards to give the government a real-time view of assets, liabilities and costs.
By Surah Al-Balushi
Omantel's Otech has partnered with sovereign AI platform DeepAstra to launch a locally hosted API that lets Omani businesses tap multiple AI models without building their own infrastructure.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
Gulf College student Ayah Al Kindi's anti-money-laundering AI tool, Sentinel, beat out hundreds of national rivals and was named one of just 13 projects worldwide invited to pitch at London's top youth science forum.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
Omantel has signed a framework agreement with Chinese satellite operator GalaxySpace to trial low-earth-orbit and direct-to-device technology, aiming to extend connectivity to Oman's remote regions, maritime routes and industrial sites.
By Editorial Team
Oman's Ministry of Health says its AI-powered diabetic retinopathy screening programme has now checked more than 43,000 patients across 25 facilities, slashing wait times from 62 days to just 8.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
Weeks after Oman's Fawtara e-invoicing mandate took effect for the country's largest taxpayers, the Tax Authority has certified its first wave of technology vendors, including IITC and SunTec Business Solutions, to run the compliance backbone behind it.
By Dr. Khalid Al-Rashdi
Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has gone live with Sabr, a digital platform that replaces email and spreadsheets with real-time dashboards for tracking the telecom sector's performance.
By Fatma Al-Zahra
Omantel's technology arm Otech has signed a deal with Omani AI startup Remedy to build and deploy RISE Talent, an AI-powered HR and performance platform, starting with Otech's own workforce.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
From a US government review that delayed GPT-5.6 to a new Saudi AI risk framework and an open-source Arabic transcription model, July 2026 reshaped the tools and rules Omani businesses will work with next.
By Dr. Khalid Al-Rashdi
Oman's AI Special Economic Zone now has a concrete price tag of RO 106 million, a Q4 2027 construction start, and reported talks with Microsoft and IBM. Here is what actually changed this week.
By Omar Al-Riyami
Nasdaq-listed VivoPower has listed Oman among five markets in a new 2.2GW AI data-centre platform, though it has disclosed no capacity, site or investment figures for the Sultanate yet.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
Oman's Youth Centre has teamed up with Omani aerospace and AI firm ETCO Space to run "Oman Orbit," a two-week CubeSat camp teaching young Omanis to build and analyze small satellites.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
Muscat's Cyfr Capital and Future Fund Oman quietly closed five new seed deals, backing startups in car trading, food delivery, tourism, packaging and AI.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
A Sultan Qaboos University-born AI platform called Ilmify, which turns dense course material into personalised study formats, has moved from a Hong Kong award stage into pilot deployments outside Oman.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
Oman's Sanad service centres processed over 400,000 transactions across 922 locations in H1 2026, and a new Ministry directive now forces every centre to issue a digital invoice before collecting a single riyal.
By Fatma Al-Zahra
Oman's Consumer Protection Authority is building a unified digital identity called the 'Consumer Passport' to merge complaints, reports and alerts into one account, though it has not yet set a launch date.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
Sultan Qaboos University engineers, working with researchers in Malaysia, published a peer-reviewed survey this month on how AI can manage 5G and 6G network handovers, a fresh research contribution as Oman's own telecom infrastructure scales up.
By Samir Al-Balushi
Fresh NCSI data shows Oman's mobile subscriptions crossed 8.3 million and international internet bandwidth jumped 31.8% by June 2026, even as fixed 4G and 5G connections shrank.
By Fatma Al-Zahra
Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has issued a formal regulation restricting promotional calls and SMS, banning unauthorised sharing of customer data, and fining violators up to RO 30,000, giving telcos six months to comply.
By Dr. Khalid Al-Rashdi
Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs completed the final rollout batch of its Electronic Attestation Service on August 17, adding Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Brunei and pushing total coverage to 66 countries.
By Omar Al-Riyami
Omantel's H1 2026 results show group net profit up 73.5% to RO292.8 million, but the sharper signal for Oman's digital economy is ICT and emerging-technology revenue jumping 63.8% as its TechCo restructuring starts to show up in the numbers.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
Muscat-based drone and AI firm Star Drones is now at the center of high-level talks between Oman and Bangladesh on artificial intelligence, biotech, and drone technology, a rare case of an Omani startup driving state-level tech diplomacy.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has started installing GIS-linked street signs and QR-coded building plates in Al Saadah, Dhofar, the first physical rollout of a national addressing system meant to underpin deliveries, emergency response, and digital government services across Oman.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
The Oman Tax Authority's Decision 189/2026 scraps the old four-phase Fawtara rollout for a simpler two-date system, while 100 companies begin testing the platform this month.
By Samir Al-Balushi
Oman's Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has begun piloting an AI-backed valuation system with local platform Oman Real, comparing every property against actual recent sales to curb arbitrary pricing under the new Real Estate Register Law.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
