Article (64)
Universal Service Obligations
a) A Public Telecommunications Operator with Significant Market Power
shall be subject to the Universal Service obligations set forth in this Law.
b) The operator referred to in the preceding paragraph shall provide at its
prevailing standard rates basic public telephone service to any Person
requesting such service.
c) In the implementation of the provisions of this Article, “basic public
telephone service” shall mean the following:
1) The services that comprise technical features which are the minimum
necessary to allow the establishing of a telephony channel capable of
sending and receiving local and international calls supporting speech,
facsimile and data.
2) Any other reason able services as the Authority may determine from
time to time as per the regulations it issues or such regulations as
provided for in the License conditions.
d) The Authority may issue regulations in connection with Universal
Service, including, regulations to establish a fund to promote Universal
Service.
Chapter 15
Promotion of Competition
Article (65)
Anti-Competitive Conduct
a) A Licensed Operator shall not do or omit to do anything which has the
effect of materially preventing, restricting or distorting competition in
any commercial field concerning the Telecommunications sector in the
Kingdom, where such act or omission is done in the course of operating
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