Report on Industrial Visit to Omantel, Ibri

A batch of ‘19’ Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering students, along with Mr.Raghupathi, visited Omantel Ibri on 07th May 2023 between 8.30 AM and 11.30 AM.

Mr Mohammad Al Balushi, the operation head, addressed the students and introduced them to Omantel’s landline and broadband connections. The objective of this visit was to provide and show the real-time operations and maintenance of Omantel’s telecommunication systems to the students of the “Network Cabling Technology” course.

It was a three-hour visit to the Ibri earth station and telecommunication exchange. Mr Mohammad Al Balushi presented the operations, maintenance activities and plans of Omantel, Ibri branch earth station. Mr Ali Al Alawi also introduced the officials of Omantel to the students for interaction. Students actively participated in this interaction and felt very satisfied. After the presentation, the students were taken to the Omantel exchange located on the Ibri Souq road.

Mr. Ali Al Alawi explained the operations of the old analogue telephone system compared to today’s modern telecommunication system including, the wireless communication system, live on Omantel.

The students visited the entire exchange to observe real-time operations and automatic switching and high-speed transmission devices and their operation.

The visit concluded at 11.30 am with the commitment of future support by Omantel in connection with student training and technical support.

Students were interested to have their OJT for the period of ‘8’ weeks exclusively in Omantel instead of doing it is three various companies.