According to Art. 9 of the Customs Clearance Rules, only a company or sole proprietorship entirely owned by Omani citizens or nationals can obtain a licence for customs clearance activity.

It is reported that media imports are subject to censorship by the Ministry of Heritage, Culture and Sport for morally or politically sensitive material. The Ministry of Information delays or bars publications of content it deems morally suspect or politically sensitive. Since 2021, Oman blocked Clubhouse for not having a permit.

It is reported that Oman through its government majority-owned telecommunications service providers and telecommunications regulators, periodically slows or blocks access to certain over-the-top services such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.

The indicator "6.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 3 in Oman. This corresponds to "Rarely but there have been a few occasions throughout the year when the government shut down domestic access to Internet."

It is reported that Oman imposes an identity requirement for SIM registration. Anyone wanting to purchase a SIM card has to provide their national ID card, or a passport in case of foreigners, to activate a new prepaid SIM card.

The Electronic Transactions Law provides a safe harbour regime for intermediaries for copyright infringements. According to Art. 14.1 of the law, an Intermediary shall not be held responsible civilly or criminally for any information received in the form of electronic records concerning a third party if the Intermediary is not the originator of such information and his role is restricted to providing access to such information if such responsibility arises on:
(a) Originating or publishing or distributing such information or any data included therein.
(b) Trespassing on any of the personal rights related to such information.
For absolving the Intermediary from responsibility based on the above, the following shall be ascertained:
(a) He has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances, in the ordinary course of things, capable of creating criminal or civil responsibility; and
(b) In case of his knowledge of any of the above, he has immediately removed all information from any information system under his control and stopped access to or display of such information.

The Electronic Transactions Law provides a safe harbour regime for intermediaries beyond copyright infringement. According to Art. 14.1 of the law, an Intermediary shall not be held responsible civilly or criminally for any information received in the form of electronic records concerning a third party if the Intermediary is not the originator of such information and his role is restricted to providing access to such information if such responsibility arises on:
- Originating or publishing or distributing such information or any data included therein.
-Trespassing on any of the personal rights related to such information.
For absolving the Intermediary from responsibility based on the above, the following shall be ascertained:
- He has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances, in the ordinary course of things, capable of creating criminal or civil responsibility; and
- In case of his knowledge of any of the above, he has immediately removed all information from any information system under his control and stopped access to or display of such information.

Oman has not joined any agreement with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders.

Oman does not have a comprehensive regime for all personal data, but has sectoral regulations. The current regulations only cover the protection of electronic data through the Royal Decree No. 69/2008 on Electronic Transactions Law. According to Art. 43 of the law, any government agency or authentication service provider may collect personal data directly from the data subject or third parties after their explicit approval, solely for the purpose of issuing or retaining a certificate or facilitating such issuance or retention. However, it is not permitted to collect, process or use such data for any other purpose without the explicit consent of the person from whom it is collected. A comprehensive data protection framework will be introduced under the Data Protection Law 2022, which will come into force in February 2023.

Art. 23 of the Personal Data Protection Law provides that the controller may transfer personal data outside the borders of the Sultanate of Oman, in accordance with the controls and procedures determined by the Executive Regulations. Further, the Law prohibits transferring personal data which has been processed in violation of its provisions or if the transfer would cause harm to the data subject.

Oman has appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

Oman has a telecommunications authority: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). However, it is reported that the decision-making process of this entity is not fully independent from the government.

It is reported that the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) requires service providers to house servers in Oman if they provide services in the country. However, no regulatory provision has been identified in this area.

Although there are six mobile network operators in 2020 to serve approximately four million people in Oman, the major player is a government-owned telecommunication company called Omantel. The government owns a 70% stake in the company.

It is reported that Oman does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, there is an obligation of accounting separation.