Riyadh court rejects Etihad Atheeb’s appeal against CITC

Riyadh Administrative Court of Appeal upheld the previous ruling of the Administrative Court in which it rejected Etihad Atheeb Telecommunication Co.’s (GO) claim against the Communications and Information Technology Commission’s (CITC) decision rejecting GO’s request to obtain the unified telecom license.

GO said in a bourse filing on Tuesday that the ruling will be published within 15 days.

The company has previously announced that the court will hear its appeal against CITC on March 2, Argaam reported.

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In August 2018, the company filed a lawsuit before Riyadh’s administrative court to cancel CITC’s decision in which it rejected GO’s request to obtain the unified telecom license.

In October 2019, the administrative court rejected GO’s claim, and both parties were granted 30 days to appeal.