Omantel Signs WPS and Huawei AI Agreements in China

Nov 2, 2026
Omantel signed agreements with WPS and Huawei covering Arabic office software hosted in Oman and Huawei AI processors for its national cloud infrastructure.

Omantel signed memorandums of understanding with WPS and Huawei to expand AI infrastructure and government software capabilities in Oman, according to TechAfrica News. The agreements were signed in Beijing during the Oman China Forum and form part of 23 agreements involving the Oman Investment Authority and Chinese organizations.

The agreement with WPS and Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology covers an Arabic version of the WPS desktop software suite hosted entirely in Oman. Government entities will be able to use the software, while local developers and companies can build applications that connect with government systems. The agreement also includes training and partnerships with small and medium businesses and universities.

The Huawei agreement covers the deployment of Ascend Neural Processing Units in Omantel's national cloud infrastructure. The processors will support large scale AI model training, inference in real time and local processing of large data sets. Planned uses include document analysis, intelligent assistants, predictive cybersecurity models and decision support systems.

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