July 11, 2013
Further to the Council of Ministers decision No. 46 dated 2/5/2012 relating to the formation of a committee to develop the national plan for the transition from analog to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting,
Further to the decision of the Council of Ministers No. 1/113 dated 14/11/2012 asking the Minister of Information and the Minister of Telecommunications to form the National Committee to follow up on the implementation of the Digital TV Migration plan,
Further to the joint decision No. 1/293 issued by their excellencies the Minister of Telecommunications and the Minister of Information, which led to the formation of the Lebanese National Committee for the Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting,
As the Committee has started its work to implement the Digital terrestrial TV migration plan, As the transition to digital TV requires specific systems and equipment for Digital Terrestrial TV broadcasting in accordance with the standards of the Second Generation of Terrestrial Digital TV Broadcasting (DVB-T2, MPEG-4)- as specified in the plan approved in the Council of Ministers Decision No. 1/113 14/11/2012, composed of headend equipment as well as transmission sites.
As part of its efforts to ensure transparency, the Committee will invite interested companies to present their systems and equipment of digital TV broadcasting and related items on
6 and 7 August 2013, Therefore, the Committee requests from all interested companies to send a company profile file that must include the following documents:
- The equipment it uses and systems it operates in compliance with the criteria specified above
- The business and projects accomplished in the field of digital TV broadcasting; and
- The details relating to the company's financial, human resources and logistics capabilities.
The files should be sent to the temporary offices of the Committee, at the premises of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority before
August 2, 2013 at the following address:
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Marfaa 200 Building - Al Akkouri street
Solidere -
Beirut – Lebanon
The Committee will set the schedule for interested companies to present their offers.