-7- 3. Recommend the Council of Ministers to issue the licenses necessary to set up, operate and run public telecommunications networks and provide telecommunications services to the beneficiaries; 4. Grant licenses to set up, operate and run private telecommunications networks, and determine and publish requirements for obtaining such licenses; 5. Issue licenses required to use radio waves in the telecommunications fields; 6. Determine standards, foundations and rates of services provided by the licensees, submit them to the Council of Ministers for approval, and set prices in case of no competition; 7. Issue recommendations relative to land ownership for the benefit of the licensees, in accordance with the law; 8. Elaborate the Ministry’s budget and submit it to the Council of Ministers for approval; 9. Appoint competent advisory committees assisting the Ministry to fulfil its missions; 10. Examine contests addressed to the Ministry and settle them; 11. Adopt technical specifications and standards for connecting telecommunications devices with public telecommunications networks; Adopt a public telecommunications national numbering plan in 12. accordance with the present law; 13. Fix the fees of the services provided by the Ministry; 14. Regulate the entry and use of multi-terminal devices for individual and private purposes, or in certain areas, control the use of such devices and issue the required licenses; 15. Control the use of the various radio waves and telecommunications radio equipment in accordance with the standards set by the international bodies in charge of telecommunications specifications and standards, and fulfil international commitments in this regard; 16. Adopt the technical specifications and standards of terminal telecommunications devices that connect that connect public