Catenaa, Wednesday, November 26, 2025- Omantel and Ciena have unveiled a major upgrade to Oman’s digital infrastructure with a new multi-terabit optical fibre network designed to meet growing demands from hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises.
The Oman Multi-Operator Fibre Network, or MOFN, uses Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 coherent optics to deliver up to 1.6 terabits per second per wavelength across C and L bands.
The network is engineered for dynamic scalability and workload adaptability, supporting AI processing, data center interconnects, and hyperscale applications. MOFN integrates AES-256 encryption and quantum key distribution interworking, offering enhanced security for government, financial, and corporate users.
Omantel’s fibre footprint connects multiple international cable landing stations and carrier-neutral data centers, including MC1 in Muscat and Equinix SN1 in Salalah.
The operator manages infrastructure end-to-end, providing real-time service-level agreement monitoring, automated provisioning, and bandwidth-on-demand.
The network positions Oman as a strategic digital gateway linking Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe. Omantel collaborates with Zain Group and Zain Omantel International to extend regional and international connectivity through a unified service model.
Executives said MOFN delivers network-as-a-service capabilities that allow clients to scale instantly and monitor performance transparently, reducing infrastructure complexity.
The upgrade aligns with Oman’s ambitions to emerge as a regional hyperscale hub and enhance its appeal to cloud providers and international telecom operators.
The deployment reflects broader trends in the Gulf region, where operators are investing in high-capacity networks to support AI workloads, cloud adoption, and secure data transmission for enterprise and government customers.
Catenaa, Wednesday, November 26, 2025- Omantel and Ciena have unveiled a major upgrade to Oman’s digital infrastructure with a new multi-terabit optical fibre network designed to meet growing demands from hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises.
The Oman Multi-Operator Fibre Network, or MOFN, uses Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 coherent optics to deliver up to 1.6 terabits per second per wavelength across C and L bands.
The network is engineered for dynamic scalability and workload adaptability, supporting AI processing, data center interconnects, and hyperscale applications. MOFN integrates AES-256 encryption and quantum key distribution interworking, offering enhanced security for government, financial, and corporate users.
Omantel’s fibre footprint connects multiple international cable landing stations and carrier-neutral data centers, including MC1 in Muscat and Equinix SN1 in Salalah.
The operator manages infrastructure end-to-end, providing real-time service-level agreement monitoring, automated provisioning, and bandwidth-on-demand.
The network positions Oman as a strategic digital gateway linking Asia, Africa, Australia, and Europe. Omantel collaborates with Zain Group and Zain Omantel International to extend regional and international connectivity through a unified service model.
Executives said MOFN delivers network-as-a-service capabilities that allow clients to scale instantly and monitor performance transparently, reducing infrastructure complexity.
The upgrade aligns with Oman’s ambitions to emerge as a regional hyperscale hub and enhance its appeal to cloud providers and international telecom operators.
The deployment reflects broader trends in the Gulf region, where operators are investing in high-capacity networks to support AI workloads, cloud adoption, and secure data transmission for enterprise and government customers.
