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A board of directors for the Authority shall be composed to handle its affairs and to exercise all the duties entrusted to the Authority. The Board shall be formed by a Cabinet decree based on the recommendation of the competent minister by the competent minister, as follows:

1- Chairman of the board of directors.

2- Director-General

3. Members representing stakeholders and competent authorities.

The office of the chairman and that of the Director-General may not be combined.

Competencies of the Board of Directors

Setting the general policy for the Authority.
Running the Authority affairs.
Appointing employees of the Authority from grade three and above.
Signing contracts and agreements.
Approving the annual budget of the Authority .
To suggest the terms of service for employees to the competent minister.
Forming the necessary technical committees.
Preparing the organizational and functional structure of the Authority.
Issuing internal rules of procedure to organize its business and meetings.
Receiving complaints from any person against any service provider.
The Council may delegate any of its powers to the Director General, his deputies or assistants, or any member of the Council, according to the conditions and controls it deems appropriate.

The Board may delegate any of its powers to the Director General, his deputies and assistants or any of the Board members with these conditions or conditions that the Board deems necessary.

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Regional and international relations

Mutual relations: The Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority is keen on establishing strong and developed relations with neighboring and friendly countries at the regional and international level in order to exchange experiences and technologies that are related to telecommunications. TPRA signed multiple memorandums of understanding with many sister countries like Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Oman, Turkey, Chad, South Korea, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Mauritania.

Also; implements the executive programs emanating from the memorandums of understanding that were signed at the level of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology with a number of countries such as Algeria – Pakistan – Turkey – Russia – Tunisia and Mauritania. TPRA also signed a number of memorandums of understanding to coordinate frequencies with some neighboring countries. It also signed a Memorandum with the GSM Association (GSMA) to give the Telecommunications and post Regulatory Authority black and gray lists of cell phones. In addition to signing two agreements with two Chinese laboratories to ensure type compliance.

Sudan’s membership in regional and international organizations: The Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority has obtained membership for a considered number of international organizations , and regularly participates in relevant meetings and conferences such as the International Telecommunication Union, the Universal Postal Union, the Arab Organization for Information and Communication Technology, the African Union for Communications and the Arab Network of Bodies for Regulating the Sector of Communications and Information Technology, also organizations such as Arabsat, COMESA, RASCOM, ITSO, the African Postal Union, FIRST and ILAC organizations. Within the framework of its active membership in these organizations: the Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority has continuously hosted a number of important events.

The Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority holds a number of regional and international positions

Member of the Board Directors of the Universal Postal Union
Member of the Board of Directors of the African Telecommunication Union
Member of the Board of Directors of the African Postal Union
Member of the Board of Directors of the Arabsat Organization
Member of the Executive Committee of the Alliance of Aresia Countries
Vice chair of RASCOM Board of Directors
Vice President of the permanent Arab Spectrum Team
Vice President of the permanent Arab Standardization Team
Member of the standing Arab Committee for Telecommunications and Posts in the League of Arab States
Vice President in 6 committees in the standardization sector – 3 committees in the radio sector – one committee in the development sector at the International Telecommunication Union.

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Organizational Chart

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Terms of Reference and powers

The Authority’s competences and powers

- Safeguarding the state’s national security and defense obligations and requirements, regional and international policies in coordination with the competent relevant authorities and the licensees.
- To come up with guidelines, plans, programs of systems intended to provide telecommunications and postal services on the national level, taking into consideration balanced development, serving national and social objectives, and implementing state policies in regards to telecommunications and post.
- To establish systems for planning, managing, allocating, licensing and monitoring the use of the spectrum, the operation and use of wireless devices , broadcasting stations taking into account the security aspects that related to it in coordination with the competent authorities.
- To design specifications for the systems, devices and materials t used in the field of telecommunications and postal services , establish methods for measurement, compliance and monitoring in coordination with competent authorities
- To establish and manage the national numbering plan.
- To establish, organizing and run the postal address system.
- To ensure full telecommunications and postal services coverage for all populated areas, economically active areas , urban rural and remote areas in affordable prices, up-to-date technologies and high quality.
- To ensure the protection and confidentiality of post
- To ensure the utilization of the data resulting from the subscribers’ communications movement as specified by the regulations.
- To ensure the commitment to transparency and justice among the licensees
- Take necessary measures and procedures to limit the non-competitive behaviors of the licensees, as specified by the regulations.
- Regulating domain names in Sudan; enact regulations for the use and applications of the internet while protecting confidentiality of information and limiting uses contrary to beliefs, values, morals and legacies.
- Coordination with competent authorities regarding the import, assembly and manufacture of devices, equipment and materials and systems of telecommunications , while issuing and accrediting quality approvals for such devices, equipment and materials.
- Establishing centers and units necessary to achieve its objectives.
- Representing the state in regional and international forums on telecommunications and post.
- Inspection, technical measurement, monitoring, control and supervision of all telecommunications activities and postal services in accordance with the principles and standards set by the regulations.
- To issue controls and guidelines to meet environmental and health standards in everything that is related to telecommunications and post, including e-waste, electromagnetic radiation, and harmful gas emissions, in coordination with competent authorities.
- Approving designs and specifications for post stamps and their publications.
- Possessing real estate and mobile assets and disposing of them according to the provisions of the law.
- sign contracts and agreements related to its competencies and powers in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.
- To employ workers deemed necessary to be employed to enable the Authority to carry out its duties, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant laws.

TPRA Purposes

The Authority has been established for the following purposes:

Organizing and developing telecommunications and post to keep up with developments in the field
Encouraging and protecting investment in the field of telecommunications and post services and applications, organizing free competition, providing favorable environment for the sector’s growth and considering it as a strategic national affair.
To save the availability of interconnection and interoperability among the licensed networks
Developing human capabilities to raise the awareness and enhancing confidence in the field of telecommunications and post services
Enhancing Sudan’s role in the field of telecommunications and post services at the regional and international levels
To ensure full coverage of telecommunications and postal services to all populated areas and areas with economic activity , in addition to urban ,rural and remote areas
To ensure the optimal use of the frequency spectrum, numbering, post addresses and any other relevant scarce resources and optimize their use.
To ensure compliance with the provisions of regional and international agreements that are ratified by Sudan relating to telecommunications or postal services
To ensure secure international exits and submarine cables
To protect the national security and the supreme interests of Sudan in the field of telecommunications, post and information technology

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Vision and Mission

Vision

Attaining society of knowledge through a regulated and fair competitive environment and with advanced communication and information systems.

Mission

Work to provide Telecommunication and information service with consistent technologies, high quality, reliability and affordable prices , while cooperating with everyone involved in a healthy, independent and transparent regulatory environment that encourages investment and free competition.

Values

Transparency – honesty – justice – equality

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Communications in Sudan

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About the TPRA

The National Telecommunications Authority was established in September 1996 with the aim of providing an effective regulatory framework and appropriate controls to ensure fair competition and protect the interests of subscribers. The Authority, as a government agency, exercises its organizational functions with appropriate independence and comprehensive powers and competencies to perform its duties effectively.

In early 2018 AD, the new telecommunications and Post Act for the year 2018 was approved, which came as an alternative to the telecommunications Act of 2001, according to which the name of the National Telecommunications Corporation was changed to a new name: Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority. .

The Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority is the regulatory body responsible for regulating Telecommunications and post in Sudan.

The headquarters of the Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority is in Khartoum, and it may establish branches in all states of Sudan. It is subject to the supervision of the minister responsible for the telecommunications sector in carrying out its duties, fulfilling its tasks and exercising its powers.

The competent minister determines the directions and guidelines for the general policy of the institution in accordance with the state’s policies and plans.

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Laws and Regulations

Board of directors

Regional and international relations

Organizational Chart

Terms of Reference and powers

Vision and Mission

Vision

Mission

Values

Communications in Sudan

About the TPRA