Approved Reseller Application made to the Authority in accordance with the Approved Reseller
Guidelines to be issued by the Authority and amended from time to time. Unless specifically
approved in writing by the Authority no Approved Reseller shall be allowed to enter into an
exclusivity agreement or equivalent arrangement with an Affected Licensee which restricts the
sale of SIM Cards of other Affected Licensees.
12.5
The Authority has the power to revoke its approval of an Approved Reseller without prior notice
and with immediate effect should the Authority find that the Approved Reseller has breached
any of the obligations under this Regulation, the Approved Reseller Guidelines or any other
applicable law or regulation to be issued by the Authority as may be amended from time to time.
12.6
Should the Authority exercise its power to revoke a previous approval of an Approved Reseller,
the relevant Affected Licensee must recover or destroy all the remaining SIM Cards in that
Reseller’s possession. The Affected Licensee must, within seven (7) days, provide the Authority
with a list of all SIM Cards that have been recovered or destroyed, together with the information
as set out in Article 12.3 above as well as any additional information that the Authority may
request.
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TRANSFER OF MOBILE SUBSCRIPTION CONTRACTS
13.1
The Affected Licensee shall consent to and allow the transfer of a SIM-Card Enabled
Telecommunications Service contract (including the MSISDN) from one Subscriber to another,
on the condition that:
13.1.1
The request to transfer is made by the transferring Subscriber and consented to by
the transferee Subscriber;
13.1.2
The request to transfer is made during the valid term of a SIM-Card Enabled
Telecommunications Service contract; and
13.1.3
The transferee Subscriber has successfully completed Registration, Verification and
Activation.
13.2
Affected Licensees shall comply with all applicable legal instruments including, but not limited
to, Resolution No. (2) of 2010 Promulgating the Regulation on Number Portability.
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CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION
14.1
Affected Licensees shall take all necessary measures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality
of the Subscriber Information obtained in the process of implementing this Regulation.
Disclosure of Subscriber Information shall only be permitted in accordance with the Laws of the
Kingdom of Bahrain, including to any security organ in accordance with Article 78 of the
Telecommunications Law.
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