The new global “Eduroam” Wi-Fi service adopted by MEC

Middle East College (MEC) adopted a new Wi-Fi service called “Eduroam” (World Wide Education Roaming for Research and Education), as part of its contribution to offer an easy internet access for its students to establish communication on a global scale. Eduroam is a global internet service that enables students, staff and researchers from the participating institutions to use the service in over 6000 eduroam hotspots available at universities, academies, research centers, schools and educational institutions in about 90 countries around the world. The members will be able to use the service around the world for free by using their MEC’s emails and usernames.
Wael Shawkat; Head of IT Services Office at MEC, commented that “Eduroam; by being a global unified Wi-Fi service across campuses with millions of access points around the globe authorizes students, researchers and staff to get secure and fast internet connectivity as it acts as a large worldwide Wi-Fi hotspot. The main benefit is not only to extend our network to visitors but also to allow our students and staff to access while they are available at other institutions in Oman or abroad. In addition, the new service helps making our campus a more attractive venue to host meetings and conferences, as it permits participants to access the network without the need to provide temporary accounts to visiting users”.
MEC is the 3rd institution in the Sultanate to enable “eduroam” service for academic exchange to visiting faculty members, academics, international students, visitors, and others who travel to other contributing institutions. In addition, MEC is the first organization in Middle East countries to publish eduroam auto-configuration assistant file to all users for quick and easy setup of the Wi-Fi to allow internet access in campus and participant universities worldwide. This is one of the initiatives taken by the college in providing the best services to enhance the students’ and staff’s experience at MEC and around the globe.