Sunday 15 / November / 2026
Muscat: The Ministry of Interior and Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) on Sunday signed a contract to provide telecommunication and information technology services for the fourth term of Municipal Councils elections (2026).
The contract includes operating systems of telecommunications and IT services within both testing and live environments to ensure that the systems would be efficient enough to accommodate a large number of users during the voting phases and the announcement of election results.
The Ministry of Interior pointed out that the signing of the contract aims to secure the technical requirements needed to operate electoral systems and enhance their readiness and efficiency in line with the evolution of the electoral process in the Sultanate of Oman.
The Ministry lays emphasis on streamlining the electoral systems in a manner that ensures their security and their ability to meet the electronic voting requirements, the handling of large data and the processing of results with high efficiency.
The Ministry noted that leveraging specialised technical expertise and capabilities helps support electronic electoral services and furnishes a secure environment for voting.
