Bahrain handed over AREGNET chairmanship

Bahrain has been handed over the chairmanship of Arab Regulators Network of Telecommunications and Information Technologies (AREGNET) from the former president, the UAE.

The decision followed a meeting in which Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Djibouti, Sudan, Iraq, The Comoros, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, and Mauritania took part. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority Director-General said that Bahrain’s presidency is well deserved.

“The UAE is always keen to activate the Arab action in ICT, believing in the importance of Arab integration and cooperation. During its presidency of AREGNET, the UAE made every effort to support other Arab countries in this field, where the UAE has established its humanitarian role drawn from the directives of our wise leadership.

“Today, as the UAE hands over AREGNET presidency to Bahrain, it is fully aware that the handover is well-deserved and is fully confident that Bahrain will follow a successful course of action that seeks to exchange views and experiences in regulating the sector and harmonising regulatory practices in the Arab world through information sharing and seeking to unify these practices, and work to promote the development and modernization of ICT networks and services effectively, appropriately and competitively