New telecom operators won't access market, says CITC governor

20/11/2017 Argaam

 

Saudi Arabia’s ministry of communications and information technology will not allow new telecom players to enter the local market in the current period, Abdulaziz Al-Ruwais, Governor of Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), told Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper on Monday.

 

Global service providers including US-based Amazon Co. and Facebook have applied to access the Saudi market.

 

Other applications were also submitted by global cloud computing service providers, Al-Ruwais added on the sidelines of the regional standardization forum.

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