Saudi Arabia ICT Minister Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha has directed all mobile service providers to ensure the availability of local roaming services and network sharing in remote areas, Arab News reported. Al-Sawaha issued the directive based on public feedback after his inspection visit to communities in the Hejer region and various governorates in the country.
The minister is also the chairman of the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), which said that mobile service providers in remote areas must provide local roaming service within a maximum period of 60 days, to enable users to get reception in villages, irrespective of the service provider. They are also required to provide quality service to these areas, in addition to continuity of service and easy access to all basic telecommunications and Internet services.
The minister highlighted a step forward in plans to expand broadband to 70 percent of the country's remote areas by 2020 and announced the completion of the high-speed home internet network project for Al-Jumoum district in Makkah region. It marks a leap in enhancing e-government services in key sectors such as education and medicine.
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Quelle/Source: telecompaper, ß8.01.2018
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