Decree-Law No. 34 of 2006, Promulgating the Telecommunications Law التشريعات | مرسوم بقانون رقم (34) لسنة 2006 بإصدار قانون الاتصالات — Qatar law | Esheria

Decree-Law No. 34 of 2006, Promulgating the Telecommunications Law التشريعات | مرسوم بقانون رقم (34) لسنة 2006 بإصدار قانون الاتصالات

This provision applies the attached Telecommunications Law to most government bodies, institutions, persons, and telecommunications operators, with some exclusions, and sets licensing, spectrum, tariff, numbering, interconnection, and consumer-protection rules.

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anti-competitive conduct customer information equipment standards financial penalties information disclosure interconnection licensing network access network compliance numbering security cooperation service provider obligations spectrum management tariff regulation tariffs universal service

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This provision applies the attached Telecommunications Law to most government bodies, institutions, persons, and telecommunications operators, with some exclusions, and sets licensing, spectrum, tariff, numbering, interconnection, and consumer-protection rules. Service providers must protect customer privacy and data, customers may ask for correction or deletion of their information, and the Secretariat-General has broad powers over access, equipment standards, information requests, disputes, spectrum, competition, and consumer protection. The text also sets licensing rules and criminal penalties for telecom-related offences. This provision gives the General Secretariat and the الهيئة powers over telecom standards, records, notices, disputes, and information requests, and it requires service providers to follow security, emergency, and Secretariat instructions. It also creates a financial penalties committee and sets several telecom offences and criminal penalties.