Announcement of Eligible Applicants for
the Fixed Services Licenses
 

Riyadh, Sunday – 27/03/1428H (15/04/2007G)

The Board of Directors of the Communications and Informa- tion Technology Commission (CITC), chaired by His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Informa- tion Technology and Chairm- an of the CITC Board Eng. Mohamed Jamil Mulla, appro- ved today Sunday
 27/03/1428H (15/04/2007G) the list of eligible applicants for the Fixed Services Licenses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). His Excellency the Governor of CITC Dr. Mohammed Al Suwaiyel indicated that the CITC has concluded the evaluation of all Applications submitted on 20/02/1428 H (10/03/2007G) in response to the Fixed Request for Applications (Fixed RFA) document dated 21/09/1427H (14/10/06G). And after the CITC Board of Directors has reviewed the evaluation results, the Board has decided to qualify three (3) of the ten (10) Applications. The qualified applicants are listed below (in the order of the time of application submission):
 Optical Communication Company Consortium (MCI International / Verizon- USA)

Al-Mutakamilah Consortioum (PCCW - Hong Kong)
Atheeb Consortioum (Batelco - Bahrain)

The Governor of CITC indicated that in accordance with the process detailed in the Fixed RFA, the next phase will consist of opening the single sealed bid forms of each of the qualified applicants who applied for spectrum at a public opening ceremony to be held at 10.00 AM on Saturday 04/04/1428H (21/5/2007) at the CITC headquarters building in Riyadh. The public opening ceremony will be attended by representatives of the qualified applicants. After that, the spectrum assignment process will be initiated in accordance with the method detailed in the RFA. The results of CITC’s evaluation will be submitted to the Board of Directors and subsequently to the Council of Ministers in accordance with CITC statutes.

The Governor of the CITC, Dr. Mohammed Al-Suwaiyel thanked all the Applicants and appreciated their efforts and contribution to CITC. He wished success to all for this important phase of the liberalization of the ICT sector in the KSA.