Regulation on the Requirment to Register Details of Prepaid Mobile Telecommunications Services Subscribers Preamble 1.1. This Regulation is issued by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (“TRA”) of the Kingdom of Bahrain pursuant to the provisions of the Telecommunications Law (the "Law") promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 48 for the year 2002. 1.2. Pursuant to section 78 of the Telecommunications Law, every licensed operator shall undertake to provide, at its own expense, all technical resources including telecommunications equipment, systems and programs relating to the telecommunications network that it is licensed to operate and which allow security organs to have access to the network for fulfilling the requirements of national security in accordance with the Regulations and Decisions issued by the Authority. Pursuant to section 3(c)(1) of the Law, the Authority has the power to issue Regulations for all matters covered by the Law, including section 78 of the Law. 1.3. This Regulation will introduce a requirement for Mobile Telecommunications Licensees and holders of other types of Licenses that provide for Prepaid Mobile services in the Kingdom of Bahrain to register verifiable subscriber data before activating Prepaid Mobile SIM Cards. 1.4. Implementation of the objective in 1.3 above should be in keeping with international best practice, with the view of supporting the interests of public safety and discouraging attempts to exploit telecommunications networks for illicit purposes. 1.5. This Regulation will be reviewed by TRA after implementation, which may, at its discretion, replace this Regulation after consulting as per the Telecommunications Law. 2. Definitions Any word, phrase or expression used in this Regulation shall, unless the context requires otherwise or it is expressly defined herein, have the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Law of the Kingdom of Bahrain. "Affected Licensees" means all Mobile Telecommunications Licensees and holders of other types of Licenses that provide prepaid mobile telecommunications services in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Ref: LAU/0708/203 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Issued: 28 Rajab 1429 A.H. (31 July 2008) Page 2 of 6