Introduction



"Missed Call Alert" AKA Wainak (which means where are you?) is a new service introduced by Oman mobile to its pre paid and post paid subscribers. It’s a free service where the subscriber will be getting an "alert message" when someone is trying to get in touch with him and he's out of reach. This service ensures that the subscriber doesn’t miss any important or urgent calls when his/her mobile is switched off, busy, phone battery is flat, or out of network coverage. (This service includes overseas and any incoming calls- public phones, land lines and Nawras subscribers).

Q&A

1. How does it work?

Caller dials your phone number, if your mobile isn’t reachable for any of the reasons that are mentioned above. A notification messages (SMS) will be sent, it will be delivered to you as a standard text. Each SMS contains up to four different numbers: time of call, date, number of times, and the number). E.g. [9:30 07/05 4 9xxxxxxx]

2. Am I charged for this service, is there a monthly subscription for this service?

"Missed Call Alert" (WAINAK) service is FREE of charge for all postpaid subscribers. There are no extra charges for the notification message. There is No registration fee or a monthly subscription for this service.

3. I am a prepaid subscriber, can I subscribe for this service?

Yes, this service is available for both prepaid and postpaid subscribers.

4. How do I provision for the "Missed Call Alert" (WAINAK) service?

To activate "Missed Call Alert" (WAINAK) you can choose any of the "call forwarding" option on your mobile phone:


Go to Menu à Settings à Phone Settingsà Call Forward:


1230 on switched off/ not reachable.
1231 on busy.


5. Can I remove "Missed Call Alert"?

Yes, you may do so by removing the digits in the "call forwarding" option.



6. I am a Voicemail subscriber. Can I enjoy" Missed Call Alert"?

Yes, if the caller doesn’t leave a message on your Voicemail box, then you will get a missed call message.

good one
Yet Wont let us forget the doubled amount of Bill end of every month!!!!
Go Go figure :)

yeah true what you said thug the 45bzs per min is just to much compared to a 19bz one

Quite a useful service. A nice addition for sure.

I tried this service before with one of the operators in India, it was for Postpaid & Prepaid subscribers, I dont know why Oman Mobile is limiting it for the Postpaid ones only!!


The service in India was you call someone, if his phone is OFF, so then he will be informed by SMS after switching it ON, & the caller will be informed as well!
I dont know if it will work the same here.

Overseas how?
I don't get the number calling me even though stored !!!

Good feature!

The service is available now for the Prepaid(Hayyak) users.

yeah true what you said thug the 45bzs per min is just to much compared to a 19bz one

cummon CR .. 19 bz is just nawras to nawras calls!! and 45 bz is on peak hours (for 3 rials mada package). you cannot compare the two.

I tried the service and truly its very useful even though my phone is on all the time. Sometimes when I am around anarea and the irsal gets cut, i immediatly once its back I get a message that somoene tried to call.

I just activated the feature in my phone. Although my phone is on all the time. But I have a Q:

* What does it mean to Divert if not avaiable? as in phone is off? but then it asks me to choose the delay time?!!!

Yeah am using it too and I'm annoyed with it to be honest. Most of the time I close my phone but now I better keep it silent so that I dont receive the 7 messages!

Blood Rose, you are supposed to set it for when its out of reach, this will work whenever the phone is off, or theres no network.

So you get an SMS when you're out of reach and someone's calling you? How do you get the signal to get an SMS while you can't get a call?

I'm confused.

shinoda, once you get back on the network as in signal back again, then the sms will be sent with which ever calls have been attempted to your number.

shinoda, once you get back on the network as in signal back again, then the sms will be sent with which ever calls have been attempted to your number.
Ah, okay! (......)

I tried 2 set it on my phone no good it's not working:os

I just tried it again and its working fine. Try to add +968 before the numbers and test if it works.

In Nawras even pre-paid cubscrivers have this service right? Or am I wrong?

Not a bad Idea to get the service ..

I tried 2 set it on my phone no good it's not working:os
Try this,

*Switched off/ not reachable : Forward/ Divert calls to *62*1230#OK
*Busy: Forward/ Divert calls to *67*1231#OK
* Cancel all diverts: #002#OK

In Nawras even pre-paid cubscrivers have this service right? Or am I wrong?
Yeah, Mousbak prepaid can get it too.

Thanks Nightface. Maybe OmanMobile doesn't know that :os

Thanks Nightface. Maybe OmanMobile doesn't know that :os
Most welcome. Doesn't know what exactly?!

In Nawras even pre-paid cubscrivers have this service right? Or am I wrong?

HELL YEAH we do!!!:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
NaWrAs is da bomb:bomb:
Omanmobile think that they inented something new, while it's nothing!:os

i thought it was a default thingy in for nawras, only for oman mobile setup is required which thanks to nightface, now everyone would know how to do it. and the service is available in post paid as well as prepaid of nawras and omanmobile.

In Nawras even pre-paid cubscrivers have this service right? Or am I wrong?

Oman Mobile has it for both too.

HELL YEAH we do!!!:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
NaWrAs is da bomb:bomb:
Omanmobile think that they inented something new, while it's nothing!:os

Yeah sure but lets not take it too far. Whats with all these fraud calls from Senegal or whatever? I know more than 10 Nawras customers pissed off at these call!!!

Oman Mobile has it for both too.

Well that contradicts the opening post doesn't it? :os

STING, you are reading a thread that got started two years back :p

i should update my post...

This service is now called "WAINAK" if I'm not mistaken. or it's only called WAINAK for Hyyak [pre-paid] subscribers?

its called WAINAK for both...

^please provide translation for our non-arab viewers/readers ! :)

This service is now called "WAINAK" if I'm not mistaken. or it's only called WAINAK for Hyyak [pre-paid] subscribers?
For both, they get the same service.

^please provide translation for our non-arab viewers/readers ! :)
Its the service name! You get the message in English saying 'Wainak'.

We don't want to drift the topic please!!

Try this,

*Switched off/ not reachable : Forward/ Divert calls to *62*1230#OK
*Busy: Forward/ Divert calls to *67*1231#OK
* Cancel all diverts: #002#OK


Yeah, Mousbak prepaid can get it too.


Thank you I'll try it:flower:

i dont mean to drift it ! :os
ne wayz for people who dont understand,WAINAK means WHERE ARE YOU ! :)
thats all ! :)

Just a general tip, to check with any operator if they run this missed call alert service.

In your mobile settings, you will check the divert calls options, by going to through all the sub options within this, you find something called Check Status or Get Status, here you can know if it works or not.

im using it, and it is very useful sometimes...

but the strange thing is, sometimes im in muscat, and my phone is on, and i get a WAINAK message?! :os

but the strange thing is, sometimes im in muscat, and my phone is on, and i get a WAINAK message?! :os
Its not strange really, sometimes we are out of the coverage area, so when we receive calls at that moment, we get the missed call alert after getting the coverage back.