CRA imposes QR3.5m financial sanctions on Ooredoo Qatar

The sanctions were imposed for violating instructions issued by the CRA.

The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) published today on its website Decision No. (1) of 2021 and Decision No. (4) of 2021 of the Financial Sanctions Committee (FSC) at the CRA.   Under Decision No. (1) of 2021, the FSC imposed on Ooredoo Qatar a financial sanction for a total amount of (2,000,000 QAR) two million Qatari Riyals. The sanction results from Ooredoo’s non-compliance with the rules applicable to access and interconnection between licensed Service Providers, and more specifically to Ooredoo Qatar refusal to grant access to its International Gateway Facilities at Al Khessa Cable Landing Station and Ooredoo Data Center 5.