WhatsApp Business API in Muscat
Local numbers
Oman numbers are +968 with eight digits; mobiles begin with 7 or 9 and verify on Omantel, Ooredoo Oman and Vodafone Oman. Meta's verification asks for the MOCIIP commercial registration (the Invest Easy record), and companies in the Sohar, Salalah or Duqm free zones submit the zone licence instead. Muscat's tourism runs on a season the rest of the Gulf does not have — Salalah's khareef from June to September — and tour operators, dive centres and the mountain lodges send booking, pickup and weather-change messages in that window; they are utility, and the Omani PDPL's consent requirement applies to any promotional follow-up afterwards.
+968
Who regulates this
Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority governs commercial messaging, and the Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree 6/2022) requires consent for marketing and a record of it. Meta's verification asks for the MOCIIP commercial registration; a free-zone entity (Sohar, Salalah, Duqm) submits its free-zone licence. Omantel, Ooredoo Oman and Vodafone Oman numbers all verify. Omani rial has three decimal places, so prices here are shown to the baisa.
Support hours
Sunday to Thursday, 08:00–17:00 GST
Common questions
- Which numbers can I use in Muscat?
- Oman numbers are +968 with eight digits; mobiles begin with 7 or 9 and verify on Omantel, Ooredoo Oman and Vodafone Oman. Meta's verification asks for the MOCIIP commercial registration (the Invest Easy record), and companies in the Sohar, Salalah or Duqm free zones submit the zone licence instead. Muscat's tourism runs on a season the rest of the Gulf does not have — Salalah's khareef from June to September — and tour operators, dive centres and the mountain lodges send booking, pickup and weather-change messages in that window; they are utility, and the Omani PDPL's consent requirement applies to any promotional follow-up afterwards. Landline numbers here begin +968.