Projects Highlights

ACCOMPLISHMENT

Regulatory and legal

  • Awarded  by the TRC a Number Portability project as a consortium with Rabion Consultancy B.V to study the feasibility of  Number Portability for the Jordanian market under the current conditions.
  • Contribution to the drafting and review of the Telecommunication Law, related Bylaws, and Regulatory Framework.
  • Participation in the issuance of the Postal Law, and creation of the Postal Company.
  • Participation in the establishment of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
  • Participation in the privatization of Jordan Telecom.
  • Participation in the drafting of the telecom licenses.
  • Participating in drafting and reviewing of the following Regulatory Instructions:
    • Development of a Process for Handling Price and Service Offers.
    • Instructions on the use of jammers.
    • Consultation on Financial Guarantees.
    • Instructions on the establishment and connection of Private Networks.
    • Competition safeguards.
    • Instructions on the renewal of the individual public mobile licenses.
    • The development of Instructions on the Procedures for Making Regulatory Rules.
    • The Industry Data Collection and Publication Framework.
    • Instructions on dispute resolution.
    • Regulatory Decision on Provisioning of Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in Jordan.
    • Spam messaging decision.
    • Interconnection and Network Unbundling.
    • Implementation of the Universal Service Regime.
    • Instructions on annual license fees.
    • Interconnection instructions/guidelines.
    • Reference Interconnection Offer of Zain.
    • The new Licensing Regime, and transition thereto.
    • National roaming and infrastructure sharing.
    • Rules for Implementing Mobile Number Portability in Jordan.
    • The implementation of the New National Numbering Plan (“NNP”).
    • Instructions regarding General Radio Spectrum license.

Policy

  • Contribution to the drafting of the national policy documents and vital contributions in the period of increasing liberalization of the telecom sector in Jordan
  • Participating in the drafting, coordination and review of  the Statement of Government Policy on the Information and Communications Technology Sector & Postal Sector  for 2003 and 2007".
  • Development of Policy for Frequency Use and Planning.

Commercial

  • Go-to-market strategy co-preparation for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) second mobile license application by MTC Group.
  • Financial feasibility and business plan creation for a broadband over power lines project for Kingdom Electricity – Jordan.
  • Strategy realignment for Atheeb Telecom WiMax broadband/voice double play in KSA.
  • “Welcome pack” strategy for Zain Jordan (previously Fastlink) for the entry of Orange Mobile (previously Mobilcom).
  • Creation and execution of handset subsidy policy for both prepaid and post paid subscribers.
  • Creation of a points-based retention program for postpaid subscribers.
  • A host of product launches for both prepaid and postpaid in addition to bundled offers.
  • A host of promotions for acquisition, retention and ARPU enhancement including concept creation, technical preparations, market communications and KPI’s.
  • Negotiation of two (2) Electricity Distribution Licenses in Jordan with the Regulatory Authority ERC.
  • Strategy Creation for Electricity Distribution Business.
  • Managing a team for the conclusion of a USD. 40 Million loan from IFC.
  • Leading a study for incorporating Energy Efficiency subusidies into the Jordanian electricity regulatory regime.
  • Leading a study for the replacement of HPS street lighting with LED technology and the associated business model.

Technical

  • Awarded by the TRC a model tuning project, work with Analysys Mason Consulting Company to generate propagation models for TRC existing planning and spectrum management tools.
  • Planning Satellite operations

Financial

  • Development of the fully Allocated Costing Model.