Omantel partners du to distribute IPTV in Oman


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 22 October 2015





Oman's largest telecommunications operator Omantel is to offer an IPTV service using the platform of its neighbour in the Gulf, UAE telco du.


Announcing the tie-up at GITEX in Dubai, du's chief executive Osman Sultan said: "Our partnership with Omantel makes a significant step for us as we continue in our steadfast growth throughout the region. We are now a regional ICT player, having diversified from pure telecommunications, and we're expanding our offerings for regional incumbents."

Talal Said Marhoon Al Mamari, chief executive officer, Omantel, added: "We are pleased to enter into this partnership agreement with du which will enable us to offer our customers a state-of-the-art IPTV service. As the owner of Oman's largest IP network, we believe IPTV provides a unique opportunity to offer our customers unmatched broadcast quality for on-demand entertainment services."

In the UAE the duTV IPTV fixed service now reaches 10,000 subscribers following its launch in 2007. Du offers 950 TV channels, both premium and free-to-air, along with around 3,000 titles on-demand – with plans to increase these assets in 2016. du View, a multiscreen companion for subscribers of the home IPTV service, was launched in October 2014.