Muscat, Oman, 8 November 2026. TYCORUN and the Arab Internet and Telecom Union (ARISPA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote the wide-scale adoption of TYCORUN’s battery-swapping technical framework across the Arab world.
The initiative builds on TYCORUN’s existing battery-swapping standard and supporting technical documentation, informed by TYCORUN’s long-term projects in the Middle East. Rather than starting from a blank sheet, the countries concerned will review this technical foundation against national requirements and local operating conditions to prepare a reference for regional consultation.
The MoU was signed by M Feras Bakkour, DBA, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of ARISPA, who brings more than two decades of executive and policy leadership in regional digital infrastructure across the Arab world, and by Raymond Li, CEO of TYCORUN, who has led the company's overseas battery-swapping deployments and ecosystem expansion across emerging markets. Operating from Beirut within the framework of the League of Arab States, ARISPA unites major telecommunications operators and internet service providers across the region.
ARISPA highlights a common technical foundation
As an industry body operating under the Council of Arab Economic Unity of the League of Arab States, ARISPA plays an active role in coordinating regional ICT standards, cross-border digital infrastructure, and public-private technical dialogue. In its announcement, the union described the partnership as a shared commitment to establishing "a common technical foundation that supports the development of an integrated electric mobility ecosystem across the Arab region."
That telecom background connects directly to how battery-swapping networks run. Vehicles, batteries, swapping stations and cloud management platforms all depend on real-time communication protocols and standardized data exchange.
Under the agreement, ARISPA will leverage its institutional channels across Arab member states to introduce the reference framework to relevant ministries, transport regulators, and telecom authorities, facilitating policy dialogue and regional technical consultations toward formal national adoption.
From Official Oman Standard to Pan-Arab Adoption
The MoU builds on TYCORUN’s breakthrough at the Gulf Green Mobility Forum 2026 in Salalah, where TYCORUN’s battery-swapping protocol was officially adopted as the standard for Oman’s national swapping program. Endorsed by Oman’s Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, H.E. Eng. Said bin Hamoud Al Maawali, the solution also drew direct interest from official delegations of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain during the concurrent GCC ministerial sessions.
By pairing ARISPA’s telecom network across 22 Arab League member states with TYCORUN’s field-proven swapping technology, the two parties are bridging digital connectivity and clean energy to replicate this Oman blueprint across the region. Rather than leaving each country to build isolated rules, the partnership gives Arab governments and fleet operators a ready-to-deploy technical foundation—accelerating cross-border compatibility and sustainable urban delivery across the Arab world.
Built on long-term experience in the Middle East
With commercial deployments spanning multiple Middle Eastern countries, TYCORUN offers the only battery-swapping solution on the market validated through large-scale, multi-year operations under extreme heat, high humidity, and severe high-salinity corrosion.
TYCORUN’s extensive regional footprint includes over four years of operation with Terra in Dubai (50+ twelve-slot cabinets, ~1,200 motorcycles, and 3,300 batteries), two years in Saudi Arabia (30 cabinets and 620 motorcycles), active deployment in Iraq (500 motorcycles and 1,500 batteries), and an expanding network in Oman with BYoD scaling toward over 2,000 motorcycles, 5,000 batteries, and 80 cabinets.
Operating continuously across these demanding regional conditions has proven the system’s environmental resilience, hardware reliability, and service continuity—forming the technical foundation TYCORUN brings to this cooperation.
What the cooperation covers
The framework spans the last-mile delivery ecosystem: electric motorcycles, swappable batteries, swapping stations and digital management platforms. Technical review focuses on three areas.
- Hardware and environmental durability: Safety, electrical and mechanical specifications, and climate suitability.
- System connectivity: Interoperability, communication protocols and data exchange.
- Lifecycle management: Testing, conformity assessment, maintenance and incident reporting.
The review will align with national legal frameworks, local climate and grid conditions, and the need for practical, brand-neutral performance requirements.
Why a common technical reference matters for the Middle East
Across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), governments are accelerating transport electrification through binding national roadmaps—including Oman Vision 2040 and Net Zero 2050 (led by MTCIT), the UAE’s National Electric Vehicles Policy (targeting 50% EVs by 2050), and Saudi Vision 2030 (mandating 30% EVs in Riyadh by 2030). Parallel initiatives in Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, and Egypt are further incentivizing clean urban mobility.
Driven by these policies and booming last-mile delivery demand, MarketResearchFuture forecasts that battery swapping across the Middle East and Africa will grow at over 36 percent annually through 2035—among the fastest rates globally. However, dedicated standards for electric motorcycles and battery swapping remain largely undefined across almost all Middle Eastern markets. A unified framework delivers three core advantages:
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Climate-Validated Standard: Built on long-term regional deployments, it provides a professional benchmark proven against extreme heat, high humidity, and coastal salinity.
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Coordinated Green Transition: Replacing fragmented national rules with a shared specification ensures cross-border compatibility, accelerating clean mobility and green energy adoption across Arab markets.
- Ready-to-Use Regulatory Blueprint: Because most Middle Eastern transport and customs authorities currently lack clear guidelines to classify or regulate electric motorcycles—creating hurdles for local importers—this field-proven, organization-endorsed framework offers an immediate reference for import approvals and road compliance.
What the cooperation means for TYCORUN
For TYCORUN, the cooperation establishes an early-mover leadership position across Arab markets—transitioning the company from an equipment supplier into a primary technical reference contributor whose field-proven architecture helps shape regional regulatory and interoperability benchmarks.
"Operating battery-swapping networks in the Middle East over the past four years has shown us that hardware durability is only half the equation. Clear technical and communication standards are what allow fleets to scale. Working with ARISPA lets us turn field engineering experience from Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Oman into a practical reference for the wider Arab market."
Raymond Li, CEO of TYCORUN
The MoU also opens a feedback channel with regional stakeholders, which TYCORUN can use to align product development with local requirements. Any formal adoption of the reference framework would clarify expectations for suppliers and operators, subject to national procedures.
Next steps
The parties will establish a joint working group, with each side appointing a lead coordinator. Its agenda will cover technical and legal review, stakeholder consultation, localization priorities and an implementation roadmap. Subject to mutual agreement, government bodies, standardization organizations, universities and industry operators may be invited to take part in an advisory capacity.
While formal regulatory adoption remains subject to the competent authorities and legal procedures of each member state, this consultation framework provides an immediate, field-proven blueprint for governments and operators to rapidly deploy compatible battery-swapping networks across the Arab region.
About TYCORUN
TYCORUN delivers complete, end-to-end battery-swapping ecosystems—unifying smart swap cabinets, batteries, electric vehicles, and cloud platforms into a single, seamless solution that eliminates multi-vendor fragmentation.
Backed by years of large-scale, field-proven operations under extreme Middle Eastern climates (Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Oman), we provide comprehensive support across the entire lifecycle: from system configuration, local certification, and station commissioning to battery health monitoring, tariff/subscription design, ROI reviews, and flexible CKD supply options.
Planning an electric motorcycle or battery-swapping project in the Middle East? Contact TYCORUN to discuss technical requirements, pilot deployments and regional cooperation opportunities.
