February 12, 2010

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), approved by H.E. Minister Elias al-Murr on February 8, 2010, which defines the coordination procedure related to the importation and approval of Telecom equipment.

A Type Approval database was developed by the TRA to facilitate the coordination with MoD, to gather information related to the importation license and equipment specifications, and enable the MOD to access this information to provide an opinion within a limited time frame set by the Authority.

This MOU, also defines the coordination procedure related to the spectrum and frequency allocation.