“Chairman”: the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. “Class License”: a telecommunications License (as distinct from the Individual License) subject to standard conditions for all Licensees concerning every type of License granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 32 of this Law. “Domestic Roaming”: the ability of the Subscribers of a mobile telecommunications Licensee to use their handsets while in the telecommunications service area of another Licensee. “Dominant Position”: the Licensee’s position of economic power that enables it to prevent the existence and continuation of effective competition in the relevant market through the ability of the Licensee to act independently – to a material extent – of competitors, Subscribers and Users. “DSL”: point-to-point Telecommunications Network Access that allows multiple forms of Telecommunications to be carried over twisted-pair copper wire between the Local Exchange of the Telecommunications Operator and the Subscriber. “Frequency License”: a License for the use of Telecommunications Frequency granted in accordance with the provisions of Article 44 of this Law. “General Director”: the Authority’s General Director appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of this Law. “GSM”: global system for mobile communications, as defined in the European Telecommunications Standards Institute structure of technical specifications operating in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz and such other frequency bands as the Authority may determine from time to time. “Individual License”: a Telecommunications License granted to a particular Person on terms and conditions specific to that Person in accordance with the provisions of Article 29 of this Law. “Interconnection”: the physical and logical linking of Telecommunications networks used by the same or a different operator in order to allow the Subscribers of one operator to communicate with Subscribers of the same or another operator, or to receive services provided by another operator. “Kingdom”: the Kingdom of Bahrain. “Licence”: a Telecommunications Licence or a Frequency Licence. “Licensed Operator”: a Person who is licensed to operate a Telecommunications Network or to provide a Telecommunications service under Article 25 of this Law. “Licensee”: a Person holding a License granted pursuant to the provisions of this Law. -7Translation 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