{"id":4768,"date":"2020-01-23T11:46:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/?p=4768"},"modified":"2020-01-29T13:06:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T13:06:47","slug":"iraq-telecom-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/iraq-telecom-law","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Telecom Law &#8211; Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-27T151013.981.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1300\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-27T151013.981.png 1300w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-27T151013.981-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-27T151013.981-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Untitled-design-2020-01-27T151013.981-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This 3-day workshop took place in Amman, Jordan and was focused on the Iraqi Telecom law draft that is supposed to replace the decree set by Bremer in 2004 governing Iraq\u2019s telecom market following the invasion of Iraq in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop was led by the GSMA team and was attended by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Iraqi MPs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Advisors to the Iraqi Prime Minister<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Commissioners from the Iraqi regulator<\/strong> (CMC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senior staff from the Iraqi Ministry<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Representatives from the MNOs and the ISPs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>World Bank<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Arthur Du Little<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Oman\u2019s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tunisia Telecommunication Regulatory Authority<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jordan\u2019s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The GSMA underlined industry positions and held discussions on making the law adopt best practices and moved to actually drafting suggested amendments to the law.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> GSMA-led workshop on the Iraqi Telecom Draft in 4 years. The first one was in Beirut in early 2017, second in Dubai in late 2018 and now Amman in early 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/gsma_resources\/green-paper-on-iraq-draft-telecommunications-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Green paper on Iraq Draft Telecommunications Laws &#8211; 2018<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 3-day workshop took place in Amman, Jordan and was focused on the Iraqi Telecom law draft that is supposed to replace the decree set by Bremer in 2004 governing Iraq\u2019s telecom market following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. 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