Public Consultation Details

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) worked on preparing a draft regulation to regulate the provision of data center and cloud computing services in the Sultanate of Oman, in line with Oman’s 2040 vision to enhance competition and attract investments in this field.

Therefore, TRA would like to announce the release of a public consultation on Data Centers and Cloud Computing Regulation, and invites & urges all interested parties to participate and provide written comments and remarks on what was stated in the consultation document.

• Encourage the improvement of the quality of data centers and cloud services.
• Encourage the investment in local data centers and the cloud industry.
• Establish a clear regulatory basis for managing the potential security risks associated with the use of cloud services.

Kindly to send your responses regarding the consultation document not later than 31 December 2022..

Any comments provided in response to this Public Consultation Document should be provided in hard or soft copy (both in PDF and Word format) to the following addresses:

• E-mail to: telecomlicense@tra.gov.om
• Delivery (hard and soft copy) by hand or by courier to:
  Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
  TRA Premises at Seeb Airport Heights
  P.O. Box 3555, P.C. 111,
  Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

1. Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology
2. Oman Data Park (ODP)
3. Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company (Ooredoo)
4. Awasr Oman and Partners
5. Oman Future Telecommunications Company (Vodafone)
6. Jamil & Jamil, Barristers, Legal and Policy Consultants
7. Uptime Institute

Data Centers and Cloud Computing Regulation
Draft Regulation on Data Centers and Cloud Computing
Position statement on public consultations