CITC Announces Public Consultation on Regulations and Standards for Implementing Telecom and IT Infrastructure

Out of the Communications and Information Technology Commission's keenness to promote fair competition, protect the public interest and the interests of users and investors, provide advanced and adequate telecom and information technology services at reasonable prices, and encourage the increased spread of high-speed broadband services, the Commission has published on its website a public consultation document on the regulatory framework, rules, and technical standards for implementing telecom and information technology infrastructure in new development areas of the Kingdom and within homes and buildings, in order to gather public views on it.

To organize the process of requesting views, the Commission welcomes all views and comments submitted, and invites concerned parties to submit their views as well as answers to the specific numbered questions in this document. The Commission also urges the public to submit all their comments and views on the questions, supported by justifications, if any, provided that the data and information submitted are based on the current situation or based on relevant international experiences and studies.

All submissions/comments should be sent to the Commission no later than 1/8/1438H, corresponding to 27/4/2017, at three o'clock in the afternoon, to one of the following addresses:

By email at the address:

Delivered by hand (one paper copy and one electronic copy) or by mail to the following address:

Communications and Information Technology Commission

Al-Nakheel District - Intersection of Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Al-Awwal Street with Imam Saud bin Abdulaziz Road

P.O. Box 75606, Riyadh 11588

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.