I- Following up applying penalties on violators to licensing conditions and provisions of the
law;
J- Proposing recommendations relevant to assigning lands to the licensees in accordance with
the provisions of this law and operable legislations;
K- Deciding on the complaints submitted to the Authority by users and licensees and laying
down criteria for solving the internet disputes and adopting the required procedures
appertaining thereto except for the disputes relevant to financial dues resulting from
applying valid agreements;
L- Setting up advisory committees necessary for assisting the Authority in executing its
entrusted duties;
M- Approving the technical rules and special criteria for linking personal telecommunication
and other devices, wire and wireless, with the public telecommunication networks, and
approving the procedures of the entry of such devices to Kuwait and publishing that in the
Official Gazette and any other advertising means that the Board chooses;
N- Regulating the entry to the telecommunication networks and the conditions of linking them
in accordance with instructions issued by the Authority for this purpose, approving the
linking agreements referred to in Article (25) of this Law, making sure the agreements do
not violate such instructions while observing the conditions of any licensing granted by the
Authority, or any agreement made with the Ministry before this law becomes effective;
O- Approving a national numbering plan for the public telecommunication services, and
distributing such numbers to such services and their providers in accordance with objective,
transparent, and non-discriminatory bases;
P- Approving and issuing the needed instructions to implement the policy relevant to the
thoroughness of the telecommunication and information technology services;
Q- Identifying the projects and general services relevant to upgrading the telecommunication
and information technology level in the State which require support from the Public
Treasury because they are not economically feasible in the private sector, and identifying
the manner of providing the support to achieve promoting the services in the two sectors;
R- Determining the revenues which will go to the State from licenses, permits and fixing the
return they give to the State;
S- Appointing an auditing internal and external office or more to audit accounts;
T- Approving the estimated annual draft budget of the Authority and approving the annual
report issued by the Authority, the annual draft budget and final accounts and the external
auditor's report; and
U- Approving the organization structure and the job profile of the Executive System of the
Authority.
Article (9)
The Board shall have the right to exclude any licensee from application for new license, and
shall have the right to refuse any change to the ownership of the licenses and contracts if
the board found that their participation in the tender or this change would result in noncompetitive situation in the market.
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