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Public Consultation on Standard Offer for Access to Submarine Cable Landing Stations in Qatar

The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has launched a public consultation on the Standard Offer for Access to Submarine Cable Landing Station (SCLS) International Connectivity Services Regulation and Guidelines for Standard Offer for Access to Submarine Cable Landing Station (SCLS) International Connectivity Services and invites stakeholders and concerned parties to provide their views and comments.

The purpose of this consultation is to present the updated version of the draft offer (to be issued by CRA Regulation) and related guidelines document, which have been refined based on the initial public consultation response on the “CRA Reference Offer for Access to Submarine Cable Landing Station International Connectivity Services. The draft documents are developed based on the assessment carried out by CRA on access to international connectivity through SCLSs and propose SOA for SCLS to be required from all licensed owners of SCLS that provide access to international connectivity services.

Comments should be submitted by email no later than April 30, 2025, to (raconsultation@cra.gov.qa) in format provided in the Annex of the Consultation document.

Last date to respond:
30^th April, 2025

SOA for SCLS 2nd Consultation document v4

Public Consultation on CRA ICT Competition Framework Review and Update 2024-2026

The ICT Competition Framework review aims at establishing a core set of rules and regulations purposed at safeguarding competition for Qatar’s ICT sector. This is inclusive of an ex-ante regulatory approach for the telecommunications sector including rules and regulations that are applied prospectively to dominant service providers (“DSPs”) to help promote competition and investment, and to protect consumer interests. It also comprises an ex-post approach related to the rules and processes of addressing anti-competitive behaviours by players in the ICT market if and when they arise.

The purpose of this Consultation Document is to outline the context and guiding principles of the current review of the Competition Framework for the Information and Communications Technology (“ICT”) sector (the “ICT Competition Framework”), which is being undertaken by the Communications Regulatory Authority of Qatar (“CRA”).

Last date to respond:
23^rd March, 2025

CRA ICT Competition Framework Review Public Consultation