Recent Posts Tagged With 'omantel'

• Omantel arrest people for VOIP. Worldcall proven to be an even worse investment than predicted.

  Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 05:39 in voip, arrests, parasites, skype, rop, worldcall, omantel

  I've been meaning to blog this for a while. VOIP is a big issue in Oman.Omantel continue to pressure the Telecomms Regulatory Authority and the ROP to arrest people providing VOIP (voice over internet protocol, ie skype) services. If you own or run ...

• Oman's Internet Forum Moderator Trial: Ali Zuwaidi's verdict

  Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 04:21 in internet censorship, omantel, ali al-zuwaidy, article 61

  Breaking News readers ( and apologies for the lack of posts - very busy) - The ruling in Ali Zuwaidi's internet case was finished this morning.1) He was found NOT GUILTY on the first charge, made under the infamous and poorly defined Article 61. Thi...

• CEO of Omatel quits 'for personal reasons'

  Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 15:54 in worldcall, omantel

  More to come on this story, but breaking news today, CEO Reuters is reporting that Omanhell Omantel CEO Mohammed al-Wohaibi has quit. That Pakistani deal's share price collapse probably didn't help.Omantel CEO resigns as challenges mountSun Mar 29, 2...

• yes we're back folks

  Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 16:05 in muppets, omantel

  Wow. Omanhell have fixed their bugs and now you can comment again. And we can all blog without the VPN.Joy. Wow. Great. Oh, Omantel. Thank you for not fcuking up for more than just a few days. Hope the filter is now back to full operational mode.All ...

• Omantel fucks up our internet access.. again

  Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 06:12 in muppets, filter, omantel

  Yes folks, you haven’t been able to comment on the posts recently, at least if you live in Oman. And in theory I haven’t been able to post either, because Omantel have also blocked access to blogger sign on. Muppets. But access to the blog is no...

• Internet Filters, unblocking, and what you should know

  Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 08:14 in internet censorship, filters, unblock, omantel

  Internet filtering. Its not just OmanHel who are doing it, naturally. Iran, China, the UAE, Saudi, Tunisia, heck, even America. Until I figured out how to get around Omantel it really used to piss me off. Especially when it was just a pretty harmless...