--- title: Partnership plans to bring laser communications to Oman - Developing Telecoms description: Omani operator Omantel and Archangel Lightworks, a UK-based pioneer in optical and laser communications, have announced the signing of an agreement to accelerate the future of satellite and optical communication services. canonical_url: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/satellite-communications-networks/19511-partnership-plans-to-bring-laser-communications-to-oman.html language: en-GB date: 2025-12-18T00:10:05Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/satellite-communications-networks/19511-partnership-plans-to-bring-laser-communications-to-oman.html. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1355 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/satellite-communications-networks/19511-partnership-plans-to-bring-laser-communications-to-oman.html. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. Omani operator Omantel and Archangel Lightworks, a UK-based pioneer in optical and laser communications, have announced the signing of an agreement to accelerate the future of satellite and optical communication services. The agreement creates a collaborative framework for the parties to introduce what Archangel Lightworks calls its innovative laser-optic satellite ground station communication technologies within Omantel’s network. Together, the two companies aim to position Oman as a regional hub for advanced satellite connectivity and high-capacity digital networks. The collaboration arose through the Smart Industry Initiative, a partnership between the British Omani Society, BSG International, and Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), which fosters knowledge sharing and industrial innovation between the UK and Oman. OSE, a key investor in Archangel Lightworks, helped facilitate the MoU through the initiative. A phased programme of proof-of-concept trials is planned from 2026, including validation of Archangel Lightworks’ TERRA-M optical ground station through data reception from test satellites. The programme will explore ground station as a service (GSaaS) opportunities for emerging satellite constellations, alongside trials of hybrid RF-optical satellite data downlinks. These efforts will pave the way for joint service models integrating Archangel Lightworks’ optical ground station and laser communication technologies into Omantel’s infrastructure. The collaboration will also extend to joint R&D, focusing on next-generation concepts such as high-throughput optical systems, and terrestrial point-to-point optical links. Yousuf Nasser Mattar Al Azizi, GM Technology Strategy and Innovation at Omantel, explains: “By integrating Archangel Lightworks’ frontier optical technologies with Omantel’s infrastructure, we are forging a seamless bridge between space-based networks and terrestrial systems.” Archangel Lightworks' CEO Richard Johanson adds: “This collaboration with Omantel is an exciting step towards a vision of hybrid space and terrestrial networks which can deliver the flexible connectivity humanity needs, at scale. Through our joint programme in Oman, we look forward to integrating our TERRA-M optical ground station and broader technology suite with Omantel’s existing infrastructure to show how wireless laser communications can be deployed in partnership with terrestrial networks to add resilience and capacity, fuelling innovation and growth.” ```json { "@context": "http:\/\/schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "author": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/#vaughan_o_grady_640e701a34" }, "dateModified": "2025-12-18T00:10:05Z", "datePublished": "2025-12-18T00:10:05Z", "description": "Omani operator Omantel and Archangel Lightworks, a UK-based pioneer in optical and laser communications, have announced the signing of an agreement to accelerate the future of satellite and optical communication services.", "headline": "Partnership plans to bring laser communications to Oman", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/developingtelecoms.com\/images\/stories\/NewsPix\/omantel-building-18.12.25.jpg", "caption": "Omantel building", "description": "Partnership plans to bring laser communications to Oman", "width": 1200, "height": 900 } ], "inLanguage": "en-GB", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "url": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/telecom-technology\/satellite-communications-networks\/19511-partnership-plans-to-bring-laser-communications-to-oman.html" }, "publisher": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/#defaultPublisher" }, "url": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/telecom-technology\/satellite-communications-networks\/19511-partnership-plans-to-bring-laser-communications-to-oman.html" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vaughan O'Grady", "@id": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/#vaughan_o_grady_640e701a34" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/#defaultPublisher", "@type": "Organization", "url": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/", "logo": { "@id": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/#defaultLogo" }, "name": "Developing Telecoms" }, { "@id": "https:\/\/www.essential-reading.com\/#defaultLogo", "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/developingtelecoms.com\/images\/stories\/highResLogos\/dt-site-logo-440.png", "width": "440", "height": "122" } ] } ```