Oman signs contract for mobile communications

Motorola, an American telecom giant, won on July 31 a 13 million US dollar contract to expand Oman's Global System for Mobile Communication. Omani Minister of Post, Telephones and Telegrams Ahmed Bin Swaidan Al Baloushi, who signed the contract with the American company in the Omani capital Mascat, said he expected the number of subscribers to increase to 50,000 from the current 42,000.