오만 커버리지

오만 수치가 뜻하는 것

중요한 숫자는 두 개인데, 모든 판매사가 인용하는 건 그중 하나뿐입니다. 일반적인 속도는 64 Mbps입니다. 상태가 좋을 때가 어느 정도인지 알려주는 숫자입니다.

읽을 값어치가 있는 건 10분위, 17 Mbps 쪽입니다. 역 위 기지국이 가득 차고 주변 사람들이 모두 같은 전파에 붙어 있는, 하루 중 아래쪽 10퍼센트일 때의 속도입니다. 중앙값이 높고 바닥이 낮은 나라는 정작 필요한 그 순간까지만 훌륭하게 작동하는 나라입니다.

영상 통화나 테더링이 꼭 필요한 여행이라면 일반 속도가 아니라 혼잡 시 수치를 기준으로 계획하세요.

오만에서 망이 붐빌 때 벌어지는 일

혼잡은 고장이 아니라 화요일 저녁입니다. 문제는 그때 eSIM이 무엇을 할 수 있느냐인데, 대부분의 여행용 eSIM은 할 수 있는 게 없습니다. 나라마다 도매 계약 하나, 망 하나, 길에 선 채로 다른 회사 eSIM을 한 장 더 사는 것 말고는 빠져나갈 방법이 없습니다.

여기서 Orbislo 트래픽은 Omantel 및 Ooredoo를 지납니다. 지금 쓰는 망이 나빠지면 여행 도중이라도, 요청하지 않아도 다른 망으로 옮깁니다. 그 순간에 방해하는 대신 옮기고 나서 알려드립니다.

오만의 이동통신사

• Licence structure: In 2010 the regulator's Class I mobile licensees were Oman Mobile and Nawras, with Friendi, Renna, Mazoon, Injaz and Samatel holding Class II licences to resell service on their networks.
• Vodafone Oman: Vodafone became Oman's third mobile operator with a first class licence granted by Royal Decree 4/2021. The company is owned by Omani institutions, including pension and investment funds, and Vodafone Group holds no share of its capital.
• Vodafone Oman: Vodafone Oman opened for customers in the last days of 2021, selling through 3,500 authorised distributors with a launch offer that ran until 31 January 2022.
• Market: At the end of June 2026 Oman had 8,324,406 mobile subscriptions: 5,305,401 active prepaid, 1,313,837 postpaid and 1,705,168 machine to machine lines. Prepaid fell 2.1 percent in a year while postpaid rose 6.2 percent.

오만의 구형 네트워크

• Oman closed its 3G networks region by region: 700 stations in Al Buraimi, Al Dhahirah and Musandam in July 2024, then Al Dakhiliyah, Al Wusta and Dhofar, then the Batinah and Sharqiyah governorates in January 2025.
• Muscat's 1,699 stations went dark by mid 2025, apart from a few near Muscat International Airport kept for technical reasons. More than 5,600 stations were affected nationwide, and the freed spectrum now carries 4G, 5G and IoT.

오만의 5G

• On 16 October 2019 the regulator granted Omantel and Ooredoo the right to use 100 MHz of 5G spectrum, with a target of 4,400 5G stations within five years and a one year waiver of annual spectrum fees.
• Omantel launched 5G in December 2019 in the 3.4 to 3.6 GHz band. Both standalone and non-standalone 5G are being deployed in Oman, and Vodafone Oman tested standalone 5G voice and data with Ericsson in January 2023.
• Frequencies are not auctioned in a public tender. Only a Class I licensee can hold spectrum, and each licence carries an obligation to build a set number of sites every year and to provide universal service.
• With the 3G shutdown complete, the regulator put 4G coverage at 99 percent and 5G coverage at 90 percent.

오만 네트워크 참고 사항

• Operators do not share 5G networks as a rule, but national roaming between them is switched on in universal service areas and during national emergencies, under service agreements and regulatory approval.
• When cables through the Bab al Mandab strait in the Red Sea were cut in September 2025, Omantel rerouted traffic over redundant routes and told the stock exchange its service was unaffected.
• International internet bandwidth reached 5.382 million Mbps by the end of June 2026, up 31.8 percent in a year.
• For road trips into the desert and mountains, British travel advice tells visitors to carry a mobile or satellite phone, travel in convoy where possible and leave a copy of their plans with someone.