VOL. XLII

No. 19

10-May-1999

OMAN

Oman Awards $44Mn Contract To Ericsson And Motorola

Oman announced on 4 May that it had awarded two contractsworth $44mn to Ericsson of Sweden and Motorola of the US to expand its mobilephone network. Ericsson will expand the Muscat network while Motorola willextend the Batina network. The project is expected to be completed within 20months and will increase the network capacity from the current 110,000 to180,000 subscribers.