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Muscat: The Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology is targeting the publication of the National Artificial Intelligence Policy in the first quarter of 2025, according to...

MUSCAT, JAN 27 Events of the Oman AI Summit 2025 commenced yesterday, Monday, January 27, in Muscat under the auspices of the Governor of Dhofar, His Highness Sayyid Marwan bin Turki al Said. The...

MUSCAT, JAN 22 The number of companies in the space sector has increased by 90 per cent, according to Eng Said bin Hamoud al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology....

CONRAD PRABHU MUSCAT, JAN 22 A first-ever taxi service operating on hydrogen-powered cars will be launched in the Sultanate of Oman during the current year, the Minister of Transport, Communications...

MUSCAT, JAN 22 The volume of investments inflows into Oman’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector amounted to RO 60 million in 2024, according to Eng Said bin Hamoud al Maawali, Minister of...

MUSCAT, JAN 21 Electricity generated from renewables in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) increased by 72.4 per cent in 2023 in comparison to 2022, according to a recent report...

Muscat: Construction work on Oman’s first “scientific and economic space zone”, formally known as Zone 88, has commenced at a designated site the Special Economic Zone in Al Duqm, according Eng...

MUSCAT: International tourism revenues earned by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states amounted to $110.4 billion in 2023, according to recent data published by the GCC Statistical Centre. This...

MUSCAT: Merchandise exports from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) declined 14.5 per cent in value to $823.1 billion in 2023, down from $962.6 billion a year earlier, according to a recent report...

Muscat, Dec 5 Duqm-1, the first a high-altitude rocket to be launched from the Sultanate of Oman and the MENA region, successfully took off from a spaceport in Duqm on Thursday, marking a milestone...

MUSCAT, DEC 1 The first rocket to be launched from the Sultanate of Oman and the MENA region will take off on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, from the Etlaq Spaceport in Duqm, according to a statement...

The Sultanate of Oman has made significant strides in the field of space. In 2023, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology unveiled the National Space Policy and Executive...

MUSCAT, NOV 17 The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Investment Promotion launched yesterday, November 17, 2024, the Local Content Plan in the Industrial Sector, “Tasne’e”, under the auspices...

MUSCAT: As the country gears up for national day, citizens and residents of Oman have many reasons to celebrate. Breaking new ground in Oman’s modernising social welfare landscape was the...

Muscat: Omani space-tech startup Oman Lens announced that it launched the first satellite yesterday, November 11, 2024, from a launch facility in Jiuquan in China. The AI enhanced remote sensing...

MUSCAT: Omani satellite manufacturing JV Spazers announced that it has signed an agreement with Australian space science company Southern Cross Space. According to a statement published by Spazers,...

MUSCAT, NOV 3 A conference highlighting the role of artificial intelligence within marketing was held here last week under the auspices of Dr Salim Sultan al Ruzaiqi, Member of the State Council, who...

MUSCAT, OCT 29 A number of investment opportunities within Oman’s cybersecurity sector have been identified during the 12th Regional Cybersecurity Conference currently underway in Muscat. ...

MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman announced the launch of several cybersecurity initiatives during the 12th Regional Cybersecurity Conference which began here on October 28, 2024. According to the...

MUSCAT, OCT 23 The Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology (MoTCIT) held here yesterday, October 23, 2024, a conference highlighting generative AI under the auspices of Dr....