The Engineering Department Industrial Link Committee has been active in establishing a strong link with different industries. In coordination with IEEE-ICT Student Chapter, this Committee organized a seminar entitled “GSM Network” which was attended by students from the Electronics and Communications Engineering. It was held on October 23, 2018 at the ICT Main Hall.

Mr. Mussalem Salem Al Obaidi, the invited guest lecturer, had 20 years of experience in Omantel and 15 years of experience in Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). The seminar discussed the generation of telecommunication and the benefits of wired and wireless communication. He highlighted various segments of Global System for Mobile communication (GSM) and described various examples and methods of communication among BTS, BSC, MSC. The speaker also explained how the technique of Handoff guides the subscriber to move from home network to foreign networks.

The program was ended by the question and answer session where students actively participated. Dr. Sami Ghnimi, HoD and Mr. K. Shamganth, HoS of Electrical Section thanked the speaker for sharing his valuable time and expertise to the department.