Decree No. 136 of 2008, on the Affiliation of the Information Technology Central
Agency to the Ministry of Communications,
Law No. 10 of 2007, on the Protection of Competition, and the amending laws thereof;
Law No. 7 of 2008, on the Regulation of Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT)
Operations and Similar Operations, And amendment of some provisions of Decree
Law No. 105/1980 on the regulation of State Domains;
Law No. 9 of 2010, on the Issuance of the State’s Development Plan (2010-2011,
2011-2012, 2012-2013, and 2013-2014);
Law No. 37, of 2010, on the Regulation of Privatization Programs and Transactions;
The Companies Law promulgated by the Decree Law No. 25 of 2012, and the
amending laws thereof;
Law No. 111 of 2013 on the Licenses of Commercial Shops; and
The National Assembly has approved the following Law, which we hereby ratify and
promulgate as follows:
Chapter One
Definitions
Article (1)
The following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to each of them herein
below unless the context signifies a different meaning:
The Ministry: Ministry of Communications
The Minister: The competent Minister assigned by the Council of Ministers
Authority: The Communications and Information Technology Authority
Board: The Board of Directors of the Authority
Chairman: The Authority's Board Chairman
Communications: Every sending, transmitting, disseminating, publishing, or receiving of marks,
signals, or transcribed material, images, movies, sounds or information of whatever nature by wire,
radio, photic, or any other electronic system means.
Communications Service: The service formulated, wholly or partially, through sending or
receiving information, and passing them to telecommunication networks using any local and
international telecommunication means, including the internet.
Public Communications Service: The communication services offered to the beneficiaries in general
or to a certain group of them against pay in accordance with the provisions of this law.
Information Technology: Creating, processing, storing, transferring or retrieving, using or availing
information to others through the use of electronic means. This includes audio information as well as audio
and video data.
Radio Waves: Electro-magnetic waves with frequencies exceeding three (3) kilo hertz in space without
an artificial router.
Public Communications Network: Wire or wireless telecommunication system, local or
international, or a set of systems to provide a public telecommunication service to beneficiaries in
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