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OMAN
Oman’s TRA passes legislation on
Access and Interconnection Regulation
The Telecom Regulatory Authority
(TRA) has passed a comprehensive
legislation on ‘Access and
Interconnection Regulation’ (A&I)
which will open up the market for
more competition. The regulation
establishes a set of binding principles
and procedures aimed at regulating all
A&I services in the sultanate.
The law, issued on April 13, is set to
increase competition and remove
unnecessary market entry barriers, as
well as boost coverage and broadband
services, focusing in particular on
high-speed broadband and extending
coverage to rural areas.
The regulation will work on the
principles that Interconnection
between all public telecommunications
networks shall ensure any-to-any
communications and connectivity
between beneficiaries; A&I services
shall be provided on an equal and
non-discriminatory basis to all
requesting parties and wholesale
customers; and provision of high
quality, innovative and ubiquitous
telecommunications services at a
reasonable cost shall be facilitated.
Under the law, all licensees are
obligated to provide Interconnection
Services in accordance with the
provisions of the regulation.
“All Interconnection Agreements must
facilitate end-to-end connectivity
by ensuring that any public
telecommunications licensee is able
to terminate a call or other public
telecommunications service on any
public telecommunications network,”
the law states.
The law also obligates to provide
access to certain physical
infrastructure and other facilities. “A
public telecommunications licensee
shall, upon reasonable and valid
request, be obligated to negotiate
and provide a requesting party with
access in respect of the following
facilities over which it has ownership,
unless the authority determines,
based on a justifiable request by the
providing party, that the provision
of such access is not technically or
economically feasible,” states the rule.
ITA opens registration
for a new COMPTIA A+
certified Online course
The information Technology Authority (ITA), in cooperation
with Exceed IT Services, opens registration for a new COMPTIA
A+ certified course in a step towards enhancing the ICT industry
in the Sultanate and encouraging youth in their endeavours to
pursuit ICT related knowledge in a rapid changing world driven
by technology.
For the first time in Arabic, COMPTIA A+ can be obtained at any
time and form everywhere thanks to the eLearning solution this
certificate is offering via Nadrus.com platform. Nadrus.com is
an online video-based training provider, which is equipped with
a collection of resourceful Arabic course pools globally.
It is important to know that A+ is a comprehensive certificate that
covers all related technological trends from mobile to traditional
devices and operating systems. It also identifies best practices
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in troubleshooting, networking and security across a variety of
devices to set the stage for IT careers. Globally recognised and
accredited, A+ holders are trusted by government and businesses
when it comes to various IT solutions.
Interested Omani college or university students, researchers,
IT employees, IT enthusiast or even job seekers can be part of
this training opportunity. Registration is opened through the
following link: www.nadrus.com/ita
www.intelligentcio.com