Guidebook of Royalty Calculation and Payment
Annex 1 - Principles for Royalty Calculations as per the Government’s Decision
S. No. | Principle |
1 | Royalty shall not apply to developing or hosting content. |
2 | Avoidance of double payment of the royalty so that once a royalty on the revenues for telecommunications activities and services is imposed on a service provider, the same shall be deducted from the expenses of the receiving licensee. |
3 | Royalty shall not apply to revenues from utilization of Passive Infrastructure. |
4 | Royalty shall not apply to revenues from utilization of Passive Infrastructure. |
5 | Royalty shall not apply on the revenues of international telecommunications services, when the traffic of these services is not originated from, terminated in, or transited through the Sultanate. |
6 | Royalty shall not apply to all of the revenues generated by providing services to a third party in which part of the revenues go to a third party benefiting from these service; rather it applies only to the licensee’s share of these revenues. |