Arabic
Based on
the Telecommunications Law promulgated by Royal Decree 30/2002,
the Executive Regulation of the Telecommunications Law issued by Decision 144/2008,
the approval of the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority,
and the approval of the Ministry of Finance,
and in pursuance of public interest,
it is hereby decided
Article I
In the application of the provisions of this decision, “service applicant” means the local or global entity wishing to obtain frequency spectrum monitoring services for space services, and “space services” means the activities provided by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in the fields of space, whether in monitoring the frequency spectrum or solving radio interferences and this applies to satellites whose coverage includes the location of the station and the space orbits within the arc of visibility (133 East – 16 West).
Article II
The fees for providing space services are hereby determined—based on the request of the service application—in accordance with the following options:
One: Providing the service for each working hour at the rate of 281.000 (two hundred and eighty-one) Rial Omani.
Second: Providing the service under a contract to be made between the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and the service applicant, in accordance with the following schedule:
| Item |
Number of Hours Per Year |
Fee Amount in Rial Omani for a One-Year Contract |
Fee Amount in Rial Omani for a Two-Year Contract |
| 1 |
50 (fifty) hours |
12,645.000 (twelve thousand six hundred and forty-five) |
22,480.000 (twenty-two thousand four hundred and eighty) |
| 2 |
100 (one hundred) hours |
21,075.000 (twenty-one thousand and seventy-five) |
33,720.000 (thirty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty) |
| 3 |
200 (two hundred) hours |
36,530.000 (thirty-six thousand five hundred and thirty) |
56,200.000 (fifty-six thousand two hundred) |
Article III
The service applicant shall pay a minimum of 20% of the fee at the time of contracting. The remaining amount shall be paid in instalments every 3 (three) months from the date of contracting. The total fee amount must be paid to the authority before the expiration of the contract period.
Article IV
The service applicant may request the deferment of up to 50% of the contracted hours for a period not exceeding 6 (six) months from the date of expiration of the contract, while explaining the reasons for the deferment, provided that the authority agrees to this.
Article V
The service applicant shall deposit the fee amount into the bank account of the authority within 30 (thirty) days from the date the authority issues the payment notice.
Article VI
The authority may allocate 10% (ten percent) of the fee revenue to the company promoting the space services if the contracting with the service applicant is based on the promotion of the company.
Article VII
All that is contrary to this decision, or in conflict with its provisions, is hereby repealed.
Article VIII
This decision shall be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force on the day following the date of its publication.
Issued on: 27 Jumada Al-Akhir 1443
Corresponding to: 30 January 2022
Nasser bin Khamis Al-Jashmi
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Published in Official Gazette 1428 issued on 6 February 2022.
