The decision to lift the ban, Abu Heemed said, comes in line with the recent trends in the CIT sector and that the reliance on data revenues and additional services is the global trend that operators in the Kingdom should take. “Regulatory requirements include: clarity of mechanism taken by those application providers in handling personal data of users in the Kingdom.” He detailed the list of regulatory requirements imposed on the applications, including the removal of content that violate the Kingdom’s regulations as well cooperation with the CITC in cases of emergencies. JEDDAH: The Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has announced the lifting of the ban on all applications that provide voice and video call services over the Internet, reported Arab News.Īpplications that meet regulatory requirements in the Kingdom can again offer Internet phone calls – known as Voice Over Internet Protocol – starting September 21.Īdel Abu Heemed, the CITC spokesman, said that applications including FaceTime, Snapchat, Skype, Line, Telegram and Tango would be available to all users who are subscribed to the Kingdom’s telecommunications services.Ību Hemeed said, in a series of messages over Twitter, that the commission has lifted the ban on applications that met the requirements “without the need to provide specific packages.”
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