As emergencies are unforeseeable in magnitude, time and place, it is important for the telecommunications operators in the Sultanate to be prepared for emergency situations by having their own emergency plan. According to the licenses issued to public network telecom operators, the operators shall submit to the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) their "Emergency Plan" and shall update it upon request from the Regulatory Authority. In any case, and in accordance with Article 45 of the Telecom Regulatory Act, when natural disaster or exceptional public emergency accidents occur, the Minister of Transport and Communications may call upon all the telecommunications services and networks of any Licensee, and its employees who operate and maintain these services and networks, for the purpose of combating such disasters and accidents.