provisions of Article 41 of this Law. Additional such Licences may be granted after two years of the grant of the first Licence. 10 Internet Service Provider Licences And Value Added Service Licences: such Licences shall be granted as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Law. ARTICLE 40 TIMETABLE FOR OTHER MATTERS Public Telecommunications Operators with Significant Market Power and every other Licensee whose Licence provides for the following obligations to Subscribers and Users or other Licensees provided for in his/its License shall provide the following: 1 Carrier Pre-Selection: with effect from 1/4/ 2004. 2 Number Portability in fixed services: when the Authority determines that sufficient demand exists for such a service. 3 Number Portability in mobile services: when the Authority is satisfied that sufficient demand exists for such a service. 4 wholesale DSL services: with effect from 1/7/2003. 5 Unbundled Local Loop: with effect from 1 /7/2004. 6 Access to Telecommunications Facilities, (including, DSL co-location, fibre that is not in service or only partially in service and, where the Authority so determines, ducts): from 1/7/2004. The Licensee granted a Licence pursuant to Article 39(b)(1) shall have Access to ducts from the date of the grant of the Licence. 7 Domestic Roaming: from no later than the date of the grant of the mobile Telecommunications Licence referred to in Article 39(b)(1) of this Law provided, however, such obligation shall cease after the one year anniversary of such date unless such period is extended by the Authority. ARTICLE 41 BAHRAIN INTERNET EXCHANGE (a) The Ministry shall carry out the procedures required to establish a not-for-profit entity to be known as the “Bahrain Internet Exchange”, provided that the Bahrain Internet Exchange shall submit to the Authority an application for an exchange licence within four months of the effective date of this Law. (b) The object of the Bahrain Internet Exchange shall be to provide the holders of internet service Licences with a connection mechanism in which internet communications are aggregated, transmitted and distributed to licensed internet services providers. -32Translation 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