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REGULATORY & POLICY UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

Iran

The Ministry of ICT has launched a new project to deploy fiber-to- saying: ‘Optic fiber should reach 20 million homes and business
the-home (FTTH) infrastructure past more than 20 million homes places to ensure there is a stable, high speed and safe network in
and businesses by August 2025.The first phase of the scheme place.’ Iran had 540,000 premises reached by FTTH networks at
will see 500,000 properties passed by networks in the cities of the end of March 2021, according to Ministry figures.
Mashhad and Qom. A report cities ICT Minister Issa Zarepour as (February 17,2022) PressTV

Nepal

Mobile Number Portability could soon begin in Nepal. After not another mobile network, without changing your number. Such a
receiving any suggestions for its MNP’s draft rules from telecom service can revolutionize the user experience of mobile phone
operators, NTA has proceeded to launch the feature. In November users. “We have received suggestions to our MNP guidelines
2021, NTA had sought suggestions from telecom operators on its from international telecommunications Companies. But we didn’t
preliminary draft rules for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). But receive any from domestic telcos”, NTA Director Ambar Sthapit
the regulator didn’t receive instructions for any modifications. said. “We are taking this positively. Not receiving any suggestions
This is why NTA will now move ahead with the revolutionary from concerned telcos means the regulator can move ahead with
cellular technology. Mobile Number Portability shortly known as its plan. This is why we have adopted a few instructions from
MNP is a technology that allows phone users to switch between stakeholders and proceeded with the MNP. Our MNP rules have
mobile network carriers without changing their SIM cards. If you reached NTA Board and we began working on it for two weeks
are not satisfied with a particular mobile network due to various already. With further discussions, the Board meeting will approve
reasons including poor quality/weak signal, then you can port to the rules,” he added. (February 2, 2022) nepalitelecom.com

Oman

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications five percent of the beneficiaries, or the loss of telecommunication
Regulatory Authority (TRA), Nasser bin Khamis al Jashmi, has traffic by a percentage ranging between ( 1%) one percent and
decision 15/2022 to regulate the interruption of telecommunication less than (5%) five percent.
services. Interruption of telecommunication services results in Level three: The cessation of telecommunication services,
the inability of the beneficiaries to obtain voice or data services. which leads to the unavailability of voice or data services to a
This interruption may be pre-planned by the licensee, or it may percentage ranging between (5%) five percent and less than 25
occur without prior planning. percent of the beneficiaries, or the loss of telecommunications
Planned outage: The interruption of telecommunication services traffic by a percentage ranging between (5%) five percent and less
as a result of an activity related to the operation and maintenance than 25 percent.
of the network, which was previously planned by the licensee. Level Four: Communications services cessation, which leads to
Unplanned outage: Suddenly stopping telecommunication the unavailability of voice or data services to a percentage ranging
services without prior planning from the licensee. between 25 percent and less than 75 percent of the beneficiaries,
Article (2) or a loss of telecommunications traffic by a percentage ranging
The service interruption, whether planned or unplanned, is between 25 percent and less than 75 percent.
classified according to the following levels: Level Five: The cessation of telecommunication services that lead
Level one: The cessation of telecommunications services, which to the unavailability of voice or data services to a percentage of
leads to the unavailability of voice or data services for less than 1% 75 percent or more of the beneficiaries, or a loss of telecom traffic
one percent of the beneficiaries, or the loss of telecommunications by (75%) seventy-five percent or more or isolating a governorate
traffic by less than (1%) one percent. or a wide geographical area.
Level two: The discontinuation of telecommunication services, Licensee's Obligations
which leads to the unavailability of voice or data services to a Article (3)
percentage ranging between (1%) one percent and less than (5%) The licensee is obligated to:

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