Implementing Regulations of the Telecommunications and Information Technology Law
Art. 41Status unknownSaudi ArabiaRegulation
Issued by Ministry of Communications & IT (MCIT)
1. A facilities-based service provider may agree with a real estate owner
or the like when he needs private real estate or part thereof to install any
devices or establish or maintain telecommunications networks for providing
telecommunications or information technology services to the public.
2. If a facilities-based service provider fails to reach an agreement with a
private real estate owner or the like, he shall be entitled to apply to CST for
expropriation of that real estate under the relevant statutory provisions; he
shall submit the following with his application:
a. Information about the real estate, such as its type, location, and the like;
b. Information of the real estate owner or the like, including proof of real
estate ownership or power to dispose thereof;
c. A report on the preceding negotiations between the facilities-based
service provider and the real estate owner or the like.
d. Reasons driving the service provider to select that particular real estate
to construct or install infrastructure devices.
Chapter V : Use of Real Estate
Implementing Regulations of the Telecommunications & Information Technology Law
Chapter V : Use of Real Estate
3. CST shall consider the application in coordination with the facilities-based
service provider and the private real estate owner, or the like, and shall seek
an acceptable solution for both. Failing that, CST may – at its discretion –
take the necessary measures to expropriate the real estate, in accordance
with the relevant laws.
The Arabic text is the legally binding version. The English translation is provided for guidance only.
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