Wednesday 07 / May / 2025
Muscat: Majlis Al Shura discussed a number of topics referred by the government agencies, and ministries letters and replies, including the letter from the CEO of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) regarding its initiatives to cover rural areas.
The reply said that TRA has a number of initiatives to cover a number of rural regions in the Sultanate, which have been counted through field visits to the governorates, during the past two years, as 410 villages were included by the initiatives and will be covered through the construction and installation of 312 telecommunication stations, of which 138 stations are completed.
Majlis Al Shura held its second regular meeting of the 2nd annual sitting (2016-2017) of the 8th term, under the chair of Khalid bin Hilal Al Ma'awali, Chairman of Majlis Al Shura.
The meeting reviewed many letters of the Standing Committees of Majlis, including the Committee on Social Services and Development Report, about telecommunications services in the Sultanate in the light of its meeting with companies working in telecommunications sector, in addition to the letter of the Head of the Youth and Human Resources Committee, on a proposal submitted by the citizens on the Omanisation of local technical services.
The meeting also reviewed a letter by the Head of Health and Environment Committee, on the results of the field visit to Bahla Hospital. The letter included the results of the field visit, suggestions and recommendations of the visit.
Majlis members were briefed on letters about a number of topics of public interest in the Sultanate, in addition to the review of some letters by the citizens and the special entities and took the appropriate actions on them.
In the external affairs, the meeting was briefed on the delegation's report which participated in 135th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and associated meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 23rd to 27th, 2016. The report included the official delegation activity in IPU coordination meetings, official meetings and its organs and its committees and the agenda of IPU General Assembly, along with decisions and results.
