“We are happy to be partnering with Oman’s Ministry of Education and Ericsson to help students in Oman develop global STEM skills,” said Nicholas Dirks, President and CEO of the Academy. “This Internet of Things Smart Homes Challenge is just one way in which the Academy’s Global STEM Alliance builds bridges between students around the world.

Digital twin technology accurately mimics the network behaviour upon parameter changes, ensuring an approach that minimises risk and elevates the optimiser’s quality to telco grade from day one.

The MoU will cover collaboration on Voice over New Radio (NR) and advanced Charging System that will enhance Batelco’s real-time convergent charging as well as enable the introduction of new smart and innovative IoT products. It will also include cloud-native 5G Core and 5G Standalone (SA) solutions that would help Batelco and Ericsson successfully complete the first 5G SA data call in the Kingdom.

The official launch took place on March 30, 2022, at Innovation Park Muscat, under the patronage of HE Dr. Saif bin Abdullah Al Haddabi, Undersecretary for Research and Innovation at the MoHERI, and in the presence of Dr. Abdullah Al Balushi, President of Ericsson Oman, Ministry of Finance general managers, and a number of program participants from Sultan Qaboos University (SQU).

Ericsson has been chosen by Etisalat Misr to update its Business Support Systems (BSS) in Egypt. Etisalat Misr’s BSS platform will be upgraded and modernised to enable increased data and VoLTE traffic, 5G readiness, and IoT.