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Syrian Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority
The sector regulator, and the source for the terms of the 2026 mobile licence. Director general: Khaled al-Homsi; formerly named the Telecommunications Sector Regulatory Authority. Its mandate covers the rules governing the sector under the Telecom Law, licensing conditions and procedures, civil radio spectrum management across Syrian territory, territorial waters, airspace and space, the national numbering plan, coordinating frequency allocation with other states per ITU recommendations, setting licence fees and fines, reviewing pricing regimes against comparable Arab and regional markets, complaints handling, and postal regulation. The authority operates according to the general policies and directions set by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
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The Arabic name is taken from the authority's own site and corroborated by the ministry (moct.gov.sy) and SANA. Note what is NOT claimed here: the authority is not described as independent. The ministry's own text has it operating "وفق السياسات والتوجهات العامة" set by the ministry, which is not independence in the ITU sense — a factual distinction with analytical weight, recorded as a gap rather than editorialised into this profile.
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Establishing decree number and date, and the Commissioners' Council composition, are still unsourced.
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Regulator: Zain to launch within six months
Regulator director general Khaled al-Homsi sets out the licence terms and the transition window.
Zain Syria network buildSyrian Telecommunications and Post Regulatory AuthorityZain Syria
SANA, quoting Syrian Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority director general Khaled al-Homsi Sourced
Zain awarded the national mobile licence
A 20-year renewable licence for USD 747m, with investment of more than USD 800m over ten years and a six-month transition preserving service for 6.3 million subscribers.
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International tender launched to replace the MTN licence
Announced at MWC Barcelona, with completion scheduled for 15 June 2026.
Zain Syria network buildMinistry of Communications and Information TechnologySyrian Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority