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Omantel hosts Real Madrid and Barcelona players at its head quarter

Being the Strategic Partner in Oman Legends Cup, Omantel the leading telecommunication services provider in the Sultanate hosts today “Thursday” Real Madrid and Barcelona team players at its head quarter in Mawaleh, being an historic visit to Omantel on the sideline of both teams being in the Sultanate for the legends match which will be on Friday March 14 2014 at the Sultan Qaboos complex.

Omantel has prepared a schedule with a mixture of sports, touristic and entertainment theme to welcome the teams in its head quarter, as well as in the Sultanate. The schedule includes an Omani traditional welcoming, along with a small stadium for the team players to do a football show to the public.

Commenting on this Hamdan Al Harrasi General Manager Corporate Communication at Omantel said: “We are pleased with our strategic partnership with Oman Legends Cup which combines Spain’s famous football teams Real Madrid and Barcelona which comes inline with Omantel’s continued support to the sport activities being held in the Sultanate. This match is considered as one of the biggest sport activities in the Sultanate which will contribute also to presenting our country internationally. Part of our partnership, today we are hosting the team players from both teams in our head quarter with variety of traditional and entertainment activities.”

“Our campus is equipped in such way to reflect the nature of the sports to allow greater opportunity for our staff and guests to spend time with the players as well as taking memorial pictures with their favorite ones.

The press conference will also be held today with the presence of both team’s coaches. Through this meeting, we seek to communicate with our customers and the football lovers, specially the youth who used to enjoy watching the legends matches, but this time the experience would be different by watching them live on the stadium and retrieving the old legends memories” He added.

Al Harrasi has also indicated that mantel will offer free Wi-Fi service at the Sultan Qaboos Stadium which will allow the pubic to stay in touch with their loved ones as well as update their profile on social media channels with the match’s updates.

It is worth to mention that Omantel has sponsored several sports activities and events as well as national teams and clubs. It sponsors Oman's football league, now known as the Omantel League. It has also sponsored national teams in various competitions abroad and was also the main sponsor of the annual Tour of Oman, Golf championship, rallies and several other sports, cultural and social competitions. The initiatives of the company have been a clear indication of its leading role in support of the society as whole and Omani sports in particular to achieve more successes at all levels