The 27th Meeting of GCC Committee for Under-Secretaries of
Post and Telecommunications was held in Riyadh from May 23-24, with a top ranking
delegation, headed by Mohammed Ali Al-Mannai, President of the Communications
Regulatory Authority (CRA), representing Qatar at the event.
Members of the Qatar delegation included Eng. Faisal
Al-Shuaibi, institutional relations officer, CRA; Eng. Khalid N. Sadiq
Al-Hashmi, assistant under-secretary of cyber security sector, Ministry of Transport & Communications; and Ali Al-Suwaidi, IT section head, CRA.
Numerous topics connected to the development of postal and
telecommunications industries within the GCC states were discussed at the
meeting, as well as ways for the member states to increase cooperation amongst
themselves.
The meeting agenda also included talks of related to the
partnership opportunities between GCC countries and the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan. Other groups attending the meeting discussed recommendations to the
GCC states, including the Committee Meeting for Posts Under-Secretaries and
Chief Officers, Telecommunication Legislations and Regulations Committee,
Roaming Working Group, GCC Technical Office of Technical Committee, and the
Working Group of OTT Legislations and Regulations.
Those in attendance will decide the date and location of the
28th Meeting of GCC Committee for Under-Secretaries of Post and
Telecommunications.
The communications regulator in the state of Qatar is the Communications
Regulatory Authority (CRA), established by virtue of Emiri Decree (42) in 2014.
It is the goal of the CRA to provide top-notch, innovative and trustworthy ICT
and postal services throughout Qatar. The CRA also works to protect the rights
of the consumer, confirm competition, find solutions to disputes and manage the
electromagnetic spectrum by using its regulatory powers authorized by the Emiri
decree.
