expired within a period of no more than a month from its expiry date. Article (7) The Council of Ministers shall determine by a resolution the remunerations of full and non-full time Board of Directors members. Article (8) The Board of Directors shall exercise all powers required for the Authority to discharge its duties, particularly to: A- create and update the plans and programs related to implementation of the State's general policy in the telecommunication and information technology sectors; B- approve the licenses and permissions for establishment, operation and management of the public telecommunication networks, providing telecommunication and information technology services to users and establishment and operation of international telecommunication infrastructure and international access infrastructure based on determination of the licensing mechanism and conditions and the period of time to be taken for granting it from the date of closure of applications. C- approve the renewal, amendment or revocation of such licenses and announcing the resolutions made in this regard; D- set the conditions and criteria related to new licenses and permissions to operators who had, before establishment of CITRA rights, permits, contracts or allocation of resource for provision of telecommunication and information technology services and those related to the use of radio frequencies and internet. telecommunication E- Reconcile the conditions of the present operators in accordance with the provisions of the law and reconciling the conditions of the existing private or state-owned networks, except for the networks owned by the State's security agencies in accordance with the provisions of this law; F- Approve the Authority's policies, particularly those related to promotion of competition, prevention of monopoly, distribution and customization of radio frequencies spectrum, and provision of services; To order the licensee, at his cost, to provide and install the devices, equipment, programs, computers and all technologies and techniques that guarantee prevention and blocking of any offensive materials, links and websites, collect the information and data that pass through or by it or by satellites, submarine pathways, radio waves or any other innovated means, whether using the Internet or any other public or private telecommunication means. G- Setting the principles of determining the prices and fees of the telecommunication and information technology services provided to users in what conforms to the competition reality in providing the service, its level and monitoring its application; H- Determining the prices and fees of telecommunication and information technology services offered to beneficiaries in the event of competition absence or weakness; 10