nawras turbocharged network covers Al batinah coast area

Nawras has recently completed and activated the second 3G+ Data Carrier in Al Batinah coastal area, to provide customers in this area with fast Nawras 3G+ services. What's more, Nawras is now also providing superfast 4G services to customers in Sohar, as reported by the company on 5 October. The Turbocharged network now extends from Al Bustan to Shinas and has connected over 80% of the entire Nawras network in these regions with enhanced broadband coverage.

Wolfgang Wemhoff, Nawras Chief Technology Officer, explained the benefits of the new data carrier: "After successful completion of the Turbocharging in Muscat resulted in tripled data capacity and noticeably improved indoor 3G reach, we have now doubled data capacity and enhanced 3G reach across the entire Batinah coastal area." He also added: "The Nawras 3G+ network in the Batinah coastal area will be further enhanced in a few weeks with a noticeable improvement as we prepare to launch the 3^rd 3G carrier on the U900 spectrum. Nawras customers will experience significantly improved indoor reach and will be able to connect and enjoy browsing with our fantastic mobile data services. These achievements were completed over the past few months with minimal interruption to service. We are continuing to future-proof the Nawras network, adding additional sites and Turbocharging existing base stations to provide a second-to-none customer experience across the country. We have invested around 70 million Rials in upgrading our network so far and this is going to continue in 2014 to ensure all main cities of Oman are covered with robust Nawras 3G+ network."

In addition to the on-going countrywide Turbocharging Programme, Nawras continues to redeploy the swapped 3G in other, more remote, areas of Oman, where previously only 2G services were available.

source: zawya.com

Nawras launches state of the art network operation centre in Bausher

Greg Young, Nawras CEO, said, "We would like to extend our gratitude to the Ministry of Communication and Transport and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) for their support and guidance during this process. The launch of the NOC is a major step forward in the evolution of telecommunications in the Sultanate. It also underpins the huge investment in our newly Turbocharged network."

The new Nawras NOC controls the nationwide network from Musandam to Salalah. The NOC control spans all sites and technologies, mobile and fixed, 2G, 3G, 4G, WiMAX and FTTX. Every single piece of technology in each site (totalling more than 4500) is controlled from the NOC. This extensive network management is mainly undertaken by Huawei our managed service partner. The NOC is situated on top of our Main Data Centre, which is one of our five such centres, which ensure full geographical redundancy. We have invested in the most advanced testing systems, including test robots from Keynote SiGOS. In addition, probing systems from Nexus and Netscout are deployed across our network and systems that perform hourly health checks of all our main services. These best in class systems enable us to conduct extensive root cause investigations for any service impacting, ensuring swift restoration of the impacted service.

Elaborating on the benefits of the new Main Data Centre, Wolfgang Wemhoff, Nawras Chief Technology Officer, said, "The new data centre provides a state-of-the-art home for our business critical systems. It is a technology masterpiece. It meets all international standards and is future-proof. Out of this building we monitor the quality we provide to our customers and can identify issues even before a customer faces a problem. Here, you feel the heartbeat of our Turbocharging programme."

Also speaking, Ahmed Al Abri, Director - Information and Infrastructure at Nawras , commented on some of the impressive technical features of the Data Centre. "The technical specifications and capabilities are very impressive and include things such as having 7 back-up generators, a 4-chiller cooling system, total commercial power of 6 MVA, and separate back-up systems for the telecoms and IT racks. The facility has a total space of 650 square metres for servers."

source: zawya.com