The Ministry of State for Communications (MoSC) has announced Iran and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—have developed a new arrangement on the use of specific frequency bands to prevent accidental interference. The new agreement will supplement previous technical and administrative measures put in place to prevent interference created by “special meteorological conditions.”
The agreement will affect frequencies in the 880-915 MHz, 925-960 MHz, 1,710-1,785 MHz, 1,805-1,880 MHz, 1,920-1,980 MHz and 2,110-2,170 MHz range.
According to H.E. Sheikh Fawaz Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of State for Communications, the new compromise will also help prevent mobile service “spillover” from affecting customers near country borders.
“If we don’t enact stronger cooperation in the region, Bahraini consumers who live close to borders may have their mobile phone switch over to a carrier in a neighboring country, which means they’d be billed for long-distance rates. This agreement will help eliminate these concerns,” he said.
No further information on the details of the agreement has been released thus far.
For more information, visit Bahrain News Agency.
