Omantel acknowledged on September 29 that it had been slapped with a OMR2.1 million (US$5.4 million) fine by Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, for failing to register 260 microwave links with the authority.

As rival operator Vodafone Qatar prepares to launch, Qatar’s incumbent and current mobile monopoly, Qtel, slashed data rates by 90 per cent for its mobile broadband services in a highly competitive move late last month.

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