Omã: cobertura móvel

O que os números de Omã querem dizer

Dois números importam e só um deles é o que todo mundo cita. A velocidade típica, 64 Mbps, diz como é um bom momento.

O décimo percentil, 17 Mbps, é o que vale a pena ler. É a velocidade no décimo pior do dia, quando a antena em cima da estação está cheia e todo mundo à sua volta está nela. Um país com mediana alta e piso baixo é um país que funciona lindamente até a hora em que você realmente precisa.

Se a viagem depende de videochamadas ou de roteamento, planeje pelo número da hora cheia e não pelo típico.

O que acontece em Omã quando a rede fica cheia

Congestionamento não é defeito, é uma terça à noite. A pergunta é o que o seu eSIM pode fazer a respeito, e na maioria dos eSIMs de viagem a resposta é nada: um acordo de atacado por país, uma rede e nenhuma saída além de comprar um segundo eSIM de outra empresa parado na rua.

Aqui o tráfego da Orbislo passa por Omantel e Ooredoo. Quando a rede em que você está piora, movemos você para outra, no meio da viagem, sem você pedir, e contamos depois em vez de interromper na hora.

Operadoras móveis em Omã

• 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.

Redes antigas em Omã

• 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.

O 5G em Omã

• 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.

Notas sobre a rede em Omã

• 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.