Sunday, May 12, 2013

Using Skype in UAE could get you jail.. and Dh1 million fine!!!

Some of the services that Skype offers - like making telephone calls - need a license from the UAE Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA), according to Majid Al Masmar, Acting Director General of TRA.

According to a report in Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm, the authority said that failure to obtain a licence, will subject a user to the amended Article 71 of the Telecommunications Act.

This includes imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years and/or a fine of not less than Dh50,000 and not more than Dh1million.

Al Masmar confirmed that the services which Skype provides require licence from the TRA.

In case of failure to get such licence, defaulter will be subjected to the communication law No. (3) of 2003 and penalties will be applied. Full story...

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