Cullen International’s latest regulatory update covering seven Middle Eastern and North African countries sheds light on the major developments between October 2021 and January 2022.
Algeria granted additional spectrum to mobile operators in the 900 MHz band, while requesting them to comply with 2G and 3G networks coverage obligations. Jordan extended temporary spectrum licences granted to mobile and fixed wireless operators in 2020 to face the COVID-19 pandemic. The Saudi regulator allocated the entire 6 GHz band for WiFi and other licence-exempt uses.
Egypt started new projects to enhance coverage. United Arab Emirates adopted a new measure to reduce unwanted calls and also adopted a new national data protection law.
The telecoms regulator in Algeria reduced the mobile termination rate while in Turkey the regulator reduced the fixed and SMS termination rates for the first time since 2010.
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