Oman has slashed the cost of roaming mobile charges, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced.
The cost of mobile data per megabyte has been brought down to 327 baiza from 500 baiza – a reduction of 35 percent, according to the TRA. The new rates are effective from April 1.
According to the new tariffs, the charges for receiving calls in the GCC region have been set at 108 baiza - down from 135 baiza - a minute while outgoing calls to other GCC countries have been set at 238 baiza per minute, down from 246 baiza.
The new regulations apply to voice calls, mobile data and SMS services. “This is in line with the initiative of the GCC regulators - under the umbrella of the GCC General Secretariat - to regulate the prices of roaming services within the Gulf countries. The new price caps are effective from the 1st of April 2017,” it said in a statement.
Source: http://timesofoman.com/article/107183/Oman/Oman-telcom-regulator-slashes-mobile-charges