The Telecommunications Law 431/2002 ensures that an liberalized and competitive market will bring pressure to bear on service providers and will lead to increased penetration of telecommunications services, lower prices, improved efficiency of providers and enhanced quality and choice of services. Accordingly, the TRA is provided with wide ranging powers to promote fair competition and to guard against anti-competitive behavior which would distort this market-based, competitive process.

The Significant Market Power (SMP) Guidelines, are important tools for the TRA who will take all necessary measures, whether preventive (i.e., before abuse of Significant Market Power) or remedial (i.e., after abuse of Significant market Power), to promote fair competition and ensure a sustainable competitive market.

The SMP guidelines were launched for public consultation and interested parties submitted their feedback by the closing date after having reviewed the integral version of the concerned document.

The feedback was submitted by email at info@tra.gov.lb and by courier (hard and soft copy) to the TRA’s address.

The SMP guidelines have now been issued as an official Regulation in Arabic and English. To view this official Regulation click here.