Laws and Regulations

The Telecommunications Law establishes the legal framework for governing the telecommunications sector and establishes the respective responsibilities of the Minister Responsible for Telecommunications and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.

Last Updated Date:10-10-2021

Laws
Plans
Ministerial Decisions

Laws/Decrees	Description
Telecommunications Law	Legislative Decree No 48 of 2002 Promulgating the Telecommunications Law
Decree No. 38	Legislative Decree No. 38 of 2017 Amending Legislative Decree No. 48 of 2002 of the Telecommunications law
Decree No. 54	Legislative Decree No. 54 of 2018. Promulgating the Electronic Communications and Transactions Law
Decree No. 33	Decree No. (33) of 2019 appointing the government entity that registers domain names and collects fees due

Plans
Fifth National Telecommunications Plan
Fourth National Telecommunications Plan
Third National Telecommunications Plan
Second National Telecommunications Plan
First National Telecommunications Plan

Ministerial Decision	Description
Ministerial Decision No. (11) of 2018	Ministerial Decision No. (11) of 2018 regarding the Regulation of Registration and use of Second and Third Level Domain Names within Kingdom of Bahrain Domain Name
Ministerial Decision No. (5) of 2021	Ministerial Decision No. (5) of 2021 issuing Rules Of Procedure relating to Kingdom of Bahrain Domain Names
Ministerial Decision No. (6) of 2021	Ministerial Decision No. (6) of 2021 issuing Dispute Resolution Procedures related to the registration of domain names, trademarks and trade names

Last Updated Date:10-10-2021