Role of Telecom Regulator Haitham El Nakhal AfPIF 2013 Casablanca

TRA Role.. Set the Interconnection Agreement guidelines and include it into operators’ Licenses Liberalize the telecom market –License for international gateway (TE and Etisalat) –License for submarine cable landing (13 systems) –License for ISP which allow ISP (Class A or B) to obtain the international transit capacity directly from international carriers (7 Class A, 300+ Class C) Regulation framework for “Right of Way” Reduce taxes for communications equipment to be 5%

TRA Role.. Invest in building infrastructure (Universal Service Fund), specially for un-or-under served areas, and this infra should be accessible to any operator SMP (LLU, infrastructure sharing) Protect operators’ investment (exclusivity for limited period) Initiatives to increase Internet penetration within the community (National Broadband plan

Submarine cables

Terabit Connectivity with 60+ Countries

Regional IXP ITU project to build national and regional IXPs in all Arab countries ($220M) NTRA operates a national IX, CAIX ( –E, J and L root-servers, PCH ccTLD servers –All Class A ISPs are members Plan to make it a regional IX

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