TRA board hails ICT sector progress

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA) Board of Directors held their last meeting this year, at TRA’s headquarters in the Seef District.
During the meeting, Board members discussed key issues related to the telecommunications sector in;praising TRA’s outstanding efforts in the development and growth of the telecommunications sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the significant efforts made by TRA resulting in Bahrain maintaining the 1st rank among the Arab countries and ranking 31st globally in the ICT Development Index according to the ITU's latest report, indicating Bahrain's continued development in the ICT sector.

These results reflect the foresight and direction of the Kingdom’s leadership towards Bahrain being a regional ICT hub and confirm thatthe efforts made by the Government of Bahrain over the last 15 years have resulted in making Bahrain one of the world’s most connected countries.

The Board also commended TRA on its leading role in issuing the Consumer Protection Regulation which aims at empowering consumers to make informed decisions and establish the right of consumers and the corresponding obligations of Licensed Operators, and on its role at the GCC levelwhereas TRA was keen to review and reduce theGCC roaming prices for the benefit of theusers.

The Board of Directors expressed their thanks and appreciation to the TRA team members for their support and professionalism and outstanding role in developing the sector. This came as a result of the hard work and persistence of the highly professional team members that this was made possible.