TRA Hosts GCC Technical Committee

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, April 12th 2011 [ME NewsWire]

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), represented by Spectrum Management and International Affairs, hosted the GCC Technical Committee Meeting that was held on April 11-13, 2011 at the Intercontinental Hotel, Abu Dhabi. The Technical Committee is considered one of the most important bodies of the Technical Bureau of the GCC Secretary General.

The meeting discussed issues such as holding coordination meetings between the member states to discuss cell phone network interference, and studied the outcomes reached by the group in charge of discussing the switch over from analog to a digital system.

“The UAE chaired the last GCC summit which was held in December 2010 in Abu Dhabi, and will chair and host a number of meetings following that are related to telecommunications.” said Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, TRA Director General.

“The Meeting discussed several issues related to regional cooperation between the GCC countries.” Al Ghanim added.

The Technical Committee meeting also reviewed the results of the last plenipotentiary conference in Mexico, as well as results of the last World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-10) which was held in India. A paper prepared by Sultanate of Oman on planning the frequency number 900 for 3G communications was presented. Additionally, the results of the coordination meeting to operate TETRA networks in the border areas between the member states were also discussed. The participants discussed the possibility of creating a new mechanism that facilitates the movement of licensed radio amateurs across the GCC countries.

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The meeting was chaired by Engineer Tariq Al Awadhi, Executive Director of the Spectrum Management and International Affairs in (TRA), with all communications related departments participating in the three-day event along with to Engineer Mahmoud Mubarak Sayyar, Director General of the Telecommunications Bureau of the GCC Secretariat General and Engineer Majid Al Sharhan, Director of the Telecommunications department of the GCC Secretariat General.

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About TRA

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been established according to the UAE Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003 – Telecom Law. TRA is responsible for the management of every aspect of the telecommunications and information technology industries in the UAE. Despite its relatively short life-span, TRA has exceeded expectations by achieving its projected goals in record time.

TRA derives the objectives of the Code of the telecommunications sector and its senior executive and policy for the telecommunications sector. These goals ensure secure communications services throughout the State, and delivery of improved services, including the quality and diversity, and ensure the quality of services in conformity with the terms of the license by the licensor, and the promotion of telecommunications services and information technology in the state, and the promotion of the telecommunications sector and development of the country through training and development and the establishment of training institutions relevant to the sector, as well as to find solutions to disputes that may arise between the licensed operators, and establish and implement a framework for policies and regulations, and the promotion of modern technology, and contribute to the development of human resources in the state, and to promote research and development, including guarantees of the United Arab Emirates a regional role of an advanced leadership in the field of telecommunications and information technology.

Contacts

Ms. Huda Al Mutawa

Director, Corporate Communications Affair

UAE Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA)

Abu-Dhabi, UAE

+9712-6118250

huda.almutawa@tra.gov.ae