Oman sets annual royalty fees for telecoms operators

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has established the annual royalty rate that telecoms licensees are obligated to pay to the government of Oman. ‘Ministerial Decision No. 19/2021 Determining the Percentages of the Annual Royalty Prescribed on the Licensee to Provide Telecommunications Services’ states that Class I licensees (including mobile operators) will be required to pay 12% of their total annual revenues, while other fixed line operators must pay 7% in 2021 and 10% of their total annual revenue from 2022. For providers of ‘other telecommunications services’, the rate has been set at 7% of their total annual revenues.