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Bahrain’s TRA issues draft order to reduce telecom charges

09 Dec 2011

(MENAFN) Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said that in an attempt to enhance competition and reduce prices to customers, the authority offered a new proposal to slash telecom charges, reported Arabian Business.

The TRA added that the draft order would verify fair and reasonable charges for access and interconnection services offered by Bahrain’s Batelco to other telecom companies in the country.

It also said that under the new draft, charges for bitstream and wholesale DSL would decline by between 2 percent and 26 percent, whereas interconnection links charges would drop by between 50 percent and 70 percent, on the other hand, charges for domestic leased lines would fall by up to 40 percent.

It is worth noting that the charges set in the draft Order are evidence-based, fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, moreover, they allow Batelco to earn a fair and reasonable return on its investment, according to the TRA.

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