Cooperation agreement signed to implement smart city infrastructure in Oman

Muscat: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Energy Centre with the aim of implementing smart cities and encouraging transfer of information between the government, business and academic sectors in Oman.

The agreement covers several fields, namely smart public services, smart infrastructure solutions, smart environment solutions such as managing wasted water and smart road lights system, as well as reading electricity and water meters’ solutions.

The agreement was signed by Dr Ali Amer Al-Shidhani, the Ministry’s Undersecretary for Communications and Information Technology and Eng. Abdullah Rashid Al-Badi, CEO of NEC.