The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has issued a public notice containing the proposed terms and conditions for the issuance of a further license for mobile services. Bidding will be open to all potential investors that meet the requisite criteria of financial ability, industry experience and technological suitability.
The TRC will hold a public forum on licensing at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman on October 23, 2003. The purpose of the forum is to solicit comments from interested parties regarding the process and procedures to be followed.
The TRC stated that it plans to issue the new license in accordance with the Statement of Government Policy on the Information and Communications Technology Sectors and Postal Sector. That statement requires that the mobile communications sub-sector is open to further competition in the supply of services on or at the earliest opportunity following January 1, 2004.
The statement also requires that an explicit program for further licensing within the sub-sector is made available by October, 31, 2003. The TRC announced that it plans to conduct the licensing process in a fully transparent and nondiscriminatory manner, in accordance with international standards of openness and unbiased decision making. — (menareport.com)
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