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Access and interconnection is governed by Chapter 5 of Qatar Decree-Law No. 34/2006 and Chapter 4 of Qatar Executive By-Law No. 1/2009.
These laws are complemented by the Qatar Access Regulation, the Mobile Site Sharing Instruction and other related legal instruments.
Individual licenses also contain obligations relating to access and interconnecti.
Chapter 10 of Qatar Decree-Law No. 34/2006, together with the Telecommunications Consumer Protection Policy published in January 2014, establishes the basis of consumer protection in Qatar.
The policy is binding on service providers.
It covers, among other things, issues such as advertising and sales which should not be misleading; provision of tra.
Companies registered in Qatar who wish to import and deal in RTTE (radio and telecommunications terminal equipment), including global system for mobile communications (GSM) phones, are required to hold an import authorisation licence from the CRA.
Similarly, local or international manufacturers, service providers, authorised importers, local dealer.
Chapter 3 of Qatar Decree-Law No. 34/2006 and Chapter 2 of Qatar Executive By-Law No. 1/2009 deal with licensing.
A licence is required to: 1. provide telecommunications services to the public in return for a direct or indirect fee, whether the services are provided to all the public or a segment thereof, including the resale of telecommunications .
The telecoms market in Qatar is a duopoly between Ooredoo, the incumbent telecoms operator formerly known as Qtel, and Vodafone Qatar.
Each offers mobile, broadband and fixed line services.
QNBN was incorporated by the government to provide passive dark fibre network infrastructure to telecommunication service providers on a wholesale basis, and ow.
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) was established in 2014 as an independent regulator when the previous regulator, ictQatar, separated from the Ministry of Communications Technology – now the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC).
The CRA regulates the telecoms and information technology sector, postal services and access to d.
In addition, as with any commercial matter in Qatar, such relationships are also subject to the general laws and regulations of Qatar, such as the Qatari Civil Law No
22 of 2004, and laws of specific application, such as the Qatari Consumer Protection Law No
8 of 2008Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates is under the control and supervision of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) which was established under UAE Federal Law by Decree No
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Decree Law Number 34 of 2006 gives CRA a full range of powers to regulate the telecommunications market in Qatar
The Regulatory Authority is liberalizing Qatar’s telecoms market, developing a full regulatory framework to advance healthy market conditions and ensure the respect of consumer rights
