(c) The procedures followed in the Assignment of frequencies, shall be objective, transparent, timely and non-discriminatory. ARTICLE 43 FREQUENCY LICENCE No Person shall operate a Telecommunications Network which uses frequency spectrum in the Kingdom, or operate or use any Radiocommunications Equipment associated with such a network without obtaining a License therefore from the Authority. ARTICLE 44 GRANT OF A FREQUENCY LICENCE (a) An application for a Frequency Licence shall be in writing addressed to the Authority in the form prepared by the Authority for this purpose and accompanied by such information and evidence of payment of the application fees as the Authority shall prescribe by way of a resolution issued in accordance with the provisions of this Law. The Authority shall notify the applicant in writing within fourteen days of its receipt of the application. (b) The Authority may require further information in support of the application, including information on the purpose of establishing any Radiocommunications Station, and the types and specifications of Radiocommunications Equipment which will be operated or used. (c) The Authority shall, within a period not exceeding thirty days after the date of submission of the application, decide on the application. If the Authority considers it necessary to obtain any further information, the Authority shall notify the applicant of such requirement within fifteen days of the submission of the application. In such case, the final decision shall be passed within the longer of: (d) 1 fifteen days from the date of receipt of such required information, 2 sixty days from the date of submitting the licence application. The Authority shall, before issuing its decision with respect to the License application, ensure that all the conditions provided for in this Law and in the Regulations and Resolutions issued in enforcement of the provisions hereof with respect to the application for the Licence are satisfied, and shall have regard to the following: 1 the availability of Telecommunications Frequencies and coverage and allocation of Radiocommunications Stations. 2 that the decision issued with respect to the Licence application shall not conflict with the National Frequency Plan. -34Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh