OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: The Basic Statute of the State – Royal Decree (RD) No. 101/1996, as amended – serves as Oman’s constitution and is the bedrock of all laws. Recent amendments to the Basic Statute empower the legislature with extensive legislative powers. All primary legislation is...
While airport projects received the majority of funding from Oman’s eighth five-year plan, land link developments look set to steal the spotlight in 2014. As well as moving forward on a series of major highway upgrades, Oman’s national railway project is finally set to break ground. The Oman Railway Company (ORC) is moving closer to floating...
When economic restructuring began in Oman in the 1970s, the telecoms sector was under-developed, with less than 600 telephone lines and little in terms of fixed infrastructure. It was in 1980 that the telecommunications industry began to take off, with the formation of the General Telecommunications Organisation, which had a mandate to push...
As Oman’s residents increasingly embrace the latest in wireless technologies, the advent of 4G long-term evolution (LTE) technologies in the sultanate has the potential to make a significant impact on the mobile market. Although the sultanate was relatively late in rolling out 3G services, the precursor to 4G LTE, operators in Oman have been...
As it moves to meet its Vision 2020 goals, the government’s strategy for tourism is critical. Objectives include drawing 12m visitors a year by 2020, and the sultanate’s eighth five-year plan, running from 2011 to 2015, highlights specific investment targets, diversification and development strategies, and marketing campaigns to help the...
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