29 March 2017
Syed Haitham Hassan
Muscat: Omani companies can register themselves online from August, officials announced after an agreement was signed between Data Park and the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), which took place at COMEX on Tuesday.

Companies will be able to register themselves, file complaints and have access to other e-services after an online portal by Data Park rolls out these services in the second half of this year. 

“Companies will be able to register online soon. This process used to be done manually and required company officials to manually submit documents," Maqbool Al Wahaibi, chief executive officer of Data Park Oman, said.

The process is expected to be cut short after all necessary documents are filed on the online portal e-service facility.

The event also saw Data Park signing an agreement with the Hayak Water Company to outsource management of date. Al Wahaibi highlighted Data Park's initiatives in supplying information technology services to Oman and the region.

"We serve nearly 480 companies in Oman, both small and large. We are providing different ERP services to companies in Oman and the region. We have corporates in Australia, Denmark and Saudi Arabia that use our facilities," he said.

"We will manage and operate their infrastructure on their behalf. With the chamber (OCCI), we are developing their e-services. These services are all related to automate services that were manually done," Al Wahaibi added.

"We serve different sectors from banking to oil and gas. This is just a part of one of our initiatives to increase the electronic footprint of government services."

© Times of Oman 2017