Nawras next be Blogger sms?

In year 2012, Nawras the second private Omani telecom introduced Twitter SMS and Facebook SMS services, which encourages users to increase using SMS service before it get completely killed thanks to whatsapp and other similar applications which increased using mobile data more than sms.

I started using sms more often because I am temporary using old Nokia phone.

I am waiting for Nawras to launch Blogger sms service in 2013, or it might not launch it because not many bloggers in they country, as most switched to Twitter after year 2008.

I still feel most people are more active in Twitter then Facebook because of short, interactive and instant responses. Since year 2011, Twitter users globally taken it in a new level, fast spread of words, news, etc. Even celebrities cut off the spokesperson to interact directly with their fans.

Battles between Oman's telecommunications

Blackberry was first offered by Nawras telecom service provider then Oman Mobile, which is now part of Omantel.

Nawras offered only two packages local (limited) and unlimited (international), while Oman Mobile offered three packages, two local (limited and unlimited) and one unlimited (international).

After Nawras was granted to launch Fixed line service with exclusively WiMAX service a totally new technology, which Omantel doesn't have, Omantel decided to merge back Oman Mobile back and attack Nawras aggressively offers, prices and the latest with BB free data packages plan beside the APN usage plus launching BB for prepaid users.

Allot of BB users in Nawras migrated back to Oman Mobile because of that. They say Nawras is expensive. But is Oman Mobile solve its problems with billing and other technicality? Basically stopped ripping of people, which derived people to migrate to Nawras.

A friend told me words been spreading around (not a valid source) that Nawras is working on getting Apple services in Oman, because the growth of number of users for iPhone and recently iPad is in town.

Nawras was the first to get iPad to the market for test drive, when it just got launched in USA.

Now how is the six MVNO telecommunications doing in Oman? They are FRiENDi, Renna, Mazoon, Halafoni, Apna and Samatel.

Apna and Samatel are not well known like the 1st four MVNO mobile telecoms.

They target expatriates, except for Halafoni, which for young and vibrant group who more connected with Hala FM and Hi FM.

Multiple phone numbers

Since Nawras started their service in Oman, allot of people tend to have to mobiles for OmanMobile and Nawras, I thought they are mad, but what will people do now? Have 6 mobiles for 6 sim cards or 3 mobiles with dual sim cards?

While I visited Tanzania ( Tz ), which has 4 mobile operating services, ZanTel ( part of Etisalat ); Zain; Tigo; and Vodacom ( part of Vodafone ); people tend to have 2 phones numbers.

One of my relative has one phone and 3 numbers, I end up trying to call each numbere trile & error until I hear the ring tone.

Snips from news

friendi Mobile has lunched its services in Oman.
H H Tania Al Said won Personality award at GGC Environment Award.
Oman Mobile Vs Nawras in Mobile Broadband internet.

FaceBook blocked via mobile access

I am trying to access facebook via my mobile but its blocked by Omantel. Its unusual & I'm a Nawras not OmanMobile (Omantel sister) customer.

Does anyone facing the same problem or its just my mobile phone?!

Taxi of life

Yesterday while my sister and I driving back home, we past an internet café which in the neighbourhood we live, she said:

“Subhana Allah (Praise to Allah or God in Arabic language), we used to come here (the internet café) to use the net and now we have 3G.”

Then she continued saying,

“We must not forget from where we were.”

Her phase simulated my mind and I recalled the times I used several internet cafés for one year and a half because we didn’t have a fixed phone line at our resident (and still don‘t have), after Gonu incident, I subscribed to the 2nd mobile company Nawras in the country for internet facility and after 6 months upgraded to the 3G+ facility with the same company.

I realized that we all ride taxi of life and got through different stops/station of life and see as well as hear too many things, which never keep record to track nor try to remember to learn or to pass the experience to others, as we are too obsessed with materialistic.

The topic name ‘Taxi life’ has been derived from a book in Arabic titled “Taxi, tales of rides” by first-time author Khalid Al Khamissy.

Without a title

Now I've decided to just type my thoughts & not to have a any title for the topic I have, let's see how the whole article will end up. It may not or it won't be organized & the topics won't be inter-linked.


Nawras 3G+
It has been finally launched in Oman & OmanMobile is still behind Nawras in service & technology.


45% increase in Government's salary
A chain of forwaded SMS been send in most of the Oman's cell phones about the Royal Decree of increasing 45% of the salary in the government sector which was after all a prank message, will the ROP able to track down the source?


Late night calls
I have a concept of not calling people after 9pm as it's the time people either go to sleep, watch TV or have quality time with thier family. Despite been oddly awake after 9:30 pm, I picked up the phone call at 11pm, its wasn't an importent phone call & the caller should have waited until the following morning to give me the message. I thought it was an importent phone call life & death kind of call.

Soft launch of 3.5G service from Nawras

Nawras who have recently won Middle East Mobile Operator of the year and prestigious Middle East Business Achievement Award for CSR, have soft launched of 3.5G service in Oman, and its expending the network at the same time to reach.

As per my experiance with the 3.5G service has been great, its prity fast.

Read more articles by my fellow bloggers what they say about the 3.5G:
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Kishor Cariappa
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