Carrier Community (CC), a global telecom club established in 2008, is organizing its 8th annual global carrier community meeting (GCCM) on the 13th & 15th of November 2022 in Muscat. More than 600+ Club Members representing decision makers from 300+ Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 operators in 50+ countries will meet and network during the hybrid Middle East 2022 GCCM – OMAN.
During the event Carrier Members representing Voice, Data, SMS, Mobile, VAS, Cable, Satellite, Data Centers and other related sectors will enjoy full access to all meeting facilities, executive panels and knowledge sharing sessions, leisure activities as well as evening networking receptions.
The Submarine, Digital Cloud and Women in Tech Executive Panel & Knowledges Sharing Sessions are designed to help CC members address current industry challenges and come up with comprehensive solutions suitable for today’s rapidly evolving and agile environment.
Located in the modern community of Al Mouj, Muscat, and encompassing over six kilometers of stunning coastline, upscale award-winning Kempinski Hotel Muscat is an unparalleled luxury beach resort.
Kempinski White Glove Services has been implemented to ensure a healthy and safe environment for all guests and employees worldwide, at all times.
PCR Test can be arranged at the hotel.
Please, refer to Laith Alajmi <[email protected]>
Health and Safety of our member guests is our top priority hence we will provide a safe environment taking health and safety measures strictly in line with the local government requirements to properly and conveniently accommodate our attending members and friends.
The hotel features 310 comfortable rooms and suites, state-of-the-art meetings and events facilities, a business centre and an executive lounge. Eleven world-class restaurants and bars, consisting of two internationally award winning outlets, provide a remarkable dining experience.
Two swimming pools and a kids pool, a kids club and a tennis court, along with various outdoor and water sport activities will ensure to spend an exciting and adventurous time. The hotel leisure facilities also feature a luxurious spa and a fully equipped health club.
Discount link for our guests to book the rooms, please click here to view details and book. All rooms at special contingent price are subject to availability at time of booking. Limited rooms are available. LINK
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Based at Lago di Como in Italy, VSC provides strategic advisory services in M&A, Business Development & Media for the telecommunication industry. Over the last 25 years, Erik developed extensive expertise and deep domain knowledge working at major telecom companies. His international career includes senior & executive level positions. Over the years, Erik has been a regular speaker & moderator at major international telecom conferences.
Lay Khuan has been in Telecommunications industry for over 30 years; her experience ranges from being in the back end of Operations, Network Design and Development, Product and Process Development; Market and Partner Establishment to the front end of Sales and Marketing. She drives business results through active partner engagement for market expansion, product differentiation, and service development that meet customers requirement.
Pascal Pecci was born France in a city close to the Luxembourg border, in 1972. After his PhD in 2000, Pascal Pecci started working for Alcatel Research and Innovation on 40G transmission in optical fiber and had 2 world records transmission. After 9 years in R&D he joined the Product Line Management team to become a PLM of the Alcatel Lucent design tools for terrestrial networks. In 2013, Pascal Pecci joined the Submarine division of Alcatel-Lucent, where he defined the design rules for submarine and designed many advanced networks on Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He becomes a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. He wrote a chapter entitled “ULH submarine transmission” in “Undersea Fiber communication systems” book edited by José Chesnoy and had articles in recent Suboptic, OFC and ECOC. In 2018, he joined the submarine PLM team where he promoted the SDM1 by ASN solution all over the world in conferences and customers visits. After 3 years, he transitioned for the first time in the project team to act as Technical Chief Engineer on ASN submarine contracts.
When he’s not hiking or mountain biking, Bartek Drzewiczak — a Technical Program Manager in Google’s Submarine Cable Programs Team based in Switzerland — devotes his time to developing and deploying new submarine cable systems. He currently leads one of the new builds in the EMEAI region.
AMS-IX has appointed Onno Bos as sales director. Bos comes from a strong background in sales and has previously held positions at BT, GTS and TeliaSonera.
He leaves his position as senior sales manager at Liaison Technologies for the role, and will now be responsible for managing the AMS-IX sales team and guiding the company’s partner programme.
"His experience will be instrumental in helping us to further grow on a national and international level," said Cara Mascini, CMO at AMS-IX.
Bos holds a master in law from Leiden University in the Netherlands. "I’m honoured to join a market leader that operates in such a dynamic and international world," he said.
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Chanderhas Rana, Head - Business Development at Bankai Group, is a seasoned business leader with over 12 years of experience in Business Development, Strategic Account Management, Enterprise Sales and Bid management in the Global Telecom/Unified Communication/Cloud Communication/OTT/IOT domains. He is a keen observer of emerging Demographic and Technological trends in the Global Telecom, IT and Outsourcing Markets. He has worked with Network Infrastructure companies like Indus Tower, GTL Limited and Tulip Telecom. You can reach out to Chanderhas at LinkedIn.
Martin has enjoyed a varied career in the telecommunications as both a Consultant and Senior Manager at different times and he has much experience in Network and Internet services. Prior to joining Equinix he worked in Cyber-Security for some years with leading three-letter agencies worldwide.
Martin has worked at Equinix since 2011 as a subject matter expert in networking and latterly business development focused on peering and interconnection. Martin’s role promotes all forms of peering and interconnection, primarily leveraging Equinix products: operated and hosted Internet Exchanges, Cloud Exchange Fabric, dark fibre infrastructure and Metro Connect services
Martin has two grown-up children and four grand-children and lives in the New Forest, Hampshire UK with his wife and stepson.
Ewa has more than 7 years of experience working with various companies on their digital transformation journey. As a mathematics graduate, she started her professional career as a data analyst, working with major pharmaceutical companies in Poland. She moved into the IT space to work with customers on their challenges with enhancing customer experience and increasing sales, first in finance then in manufacturing. She has recently started her work in the telco industry, using her experience with a vast range of companies to help drive the Enterprise market forward.
Based in Amsterdam, Alan leads the global subsea engineering team responsible for network upgrade solutions. Acting as a key technical advisor both externally and internally, Alan has been involved with some of the largest subsea network upgrade projects. His responsibilities include providing technical leadership, identifying technical market trends and helping to drive innovation of subsea network upgrade solutions to provide value to the cable system owners.
Alan has over 20 years of experience in the optical networking industry, in various roles, including with Nortel and Ciena.
He holds a MSc in Astronomy, a PhD in Physics and an MBA.
Visitors to Oman must obtain a visa prior to travel unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months.
Citizens of the following countries do not require a visa to visit Oman:
• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates
eVisa
Citizens of the following 71 countries and territories, may obtain a single or multiple entry eVisa on this site https://evisa.rop.gov.om/:
European Union - All European Union citizens
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Brunei
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Ecuador
Hong Kong
Iceland
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Macau
Malaysia
Moldova
Monaco
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Paraguay
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Seychelles
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Suriname
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
Vatican City
Venezuela
Conditional eVisa
Citizens of the listed below 25 countries (including their spouses and children of another nationality) can apply for a conditional eVisa on this site: https://evisa.rop.gov.om/. To obtain an online eVisa they need to have a valid Schengen Visa, a valid visa from Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, or the United States, or a residence permit from one of the listed countries.
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Costa Rica
Cuba
El Salvador
Georgia
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Maldives
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
If you require assistance and are a Citizen of any other country not listed above please contact our event team for further details at: [email protected] to assist you further. A visa application fee will apply.
* Please note that we don't take any liability for the provided information. In order to get more information please contact the Embassy of Oman or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in your country.
WHAT TO DO IN MUSCAT ?
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque – Muscat’s most magnificent religious building and the only mosque in Oman to open its doors to tourists, the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is one of the city’s most popular attractions. Built in the Ghubrah suburb back in 2001, the landmark building is an impressive feat of contemporary Islamic architecture and one of the largest mosques in the Gulf, with the 40,000-square-meter grounds able to accommodate an incredible 20,000 worshippers at one time. The mosque is open from 8:00 am to 11:00 am for non-Muslims every day except Friday. Men and women must dress conservatively in long trousers and covered shoulders. Women must also cover their hair.
www.sultanqaboosgrandmosque.com
Nizwa – the largest city in Ad Dakhiliyah Region in Oman and was the capital of Oman proper. Nizwa is about 140 km (1.5 hours) from Muscat. The population is estimated at around 72,000 people, including the two areas of Burkat Al Mooz and Al-Jabel Al-Akhdar.
Nizwa is one of the oldest cities in Oman and it was once a center of trade, religion, education, and art. Its Jama (grand mosque) was formerly a center for Islamic learning. The birthplace of Younis Al-Riyami, Nizwa acquired its importance because it has been an important meeting point at the base of the Western Hajar Mountains.
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/AttractionProductReview-g3181692-d14042020-Nizwa_Bahla_and_Jabrin_fort_tours_and_sightseeing-Seeb_Muscat_Governorate.html
Royal Opera House Muscat – Oman’s premier venue for musical arts and culture. The opera house is located in the Shati Al-Qurm district of Muscat on Sultan Qaboos Street. Built on the royal orders of Sultan Qaboos of Oman, the Royal Opera House reflects unique contemporary Omani architecture and has a capacity to accommodate a maximum of 1,100 people. The opera house complex consists of a concert theatre, auditorium, formal landscaped gardens, cultural market with retail, luxury restaurants and an art center for musical, theatrical and operatic productions.
https://www.rohmuscat.org.om/en/Pages/default.aspx
Bait Al Zubair – Bait Al Zubair is a cultural foundation that was originally a private museum that opened its doors to the public in 1998. Bait Al Zubair Museum is located in the old city of Muscat. It displays and houses some of the greatest Omani artifacts and collectibles, including a group of conventional weapons, jewelry, clothing, household items and some old models representing Omani rural and urban environments. It was funded by the Al Zubair family. The museum’s collection of artifacts and displays is considered as the finest that is privately owned.
https://www.baitalzubair.com/
Wadi Al Abriyeen – Located in the Al Sharqiyah region. Wadi Al Arbaeen or Wadi Al Arabieen, is one of the most beautiful wadis in Oman. It features four villages on the side of both of its banks. These villages are famous for planting palm trees, bananas, mango, and lemon trees. This wadi has several freshwater pools, waterfalls, lakes, and rocky areas.
https://theculturetrip.com/middle-east/oman/articles/beautiful-wadis-oman/
Museum of Illusions – Enter the fascinating world of illusion which will trick your confidence in senses, but amaze you by doing it; the world that will confuse you completely. The Museum of Illusion in Oman brings you a space suitable both for social and entertaining tours into the world of illusions which has delighted all generations. It’s a perfect place for new experiences and fun. Amusing and awesome tricks will teach you about vision, perception, the human brain, and science so it will be easier to perceive why your eyes see things that your brain can not understand.
http://museumofillusions.om/
Mutrah Souq – Al Dhalam (Darkness in Arabic) Souq is the local name for the Muttrah Souq. The Muttrah Souq is perhaps one of the oldest marketplaces in the Arab world. It is located adjacent to the harbor of the port of Muscat and has seen immense trade in the age of sail, being strategically located on the way to India and China. It has been named after darkness because of the crowded stalls and lanes where the sunrays do not infiltrate during the day and the shoppers need lamps to know their destinations.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/oman/muscat/attractions/mutrah-souq/a/poi-sig/451865/361117
Qurum Beach – This beach lies in the AlQurm Area in the heart of Muscat and extends over a large area. A number of large hotel chains are built next to it, such as Hotel Muscat InterContinental and Crowne Plaza. This beach is considered one of the busiest in Muscat due to its location near shopping centers and restaurants. Walking enthusiasts can enjoy the boardwalk along the beach and then rest on the numerous chairs and umbrellas that dot the beach.
https://www.bigbustours.com/en/muscat/muscat-landmarks-qurum-beach/
INTERNET
Free WiFI is widely available in all coffee shops, restaurants, malls, etc. But you need a local sim card for that since you will need to receive a code by SMS to log in. You had no option to choose different numbers than a local Omani phone number.
SECURITY
Most visits to Oman are trouble-free.
You should maintain a high level of security awareness and take care in public places and on the roads. Avoid large crowds and demonstrations.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/oman