A press release issued by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology indicated that Eng. Misfer Abdullah Al-Numair, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, signed the agreement to renew the license of SabaFon Mobile Company for the years 2020-2021 as a final period for the work of the second generation technology during which the transition to the fourth generation.
The statement said that the renewal of the license granted to the company came after several meetings with the company and under an official request submitted by SabaFon Company to renew the license of the second generation and application for a license to operate the fourth generation, which the company submitted to the ministry last June. Eng. Misfer Abdullah Al-Numair, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, pointed out the importance of this agreement for SabaFon to give it the opportunity to move to 4G technology and develop its operating systems and enhance and expand its services.
And the license has been renewed for the company as a licensed legal company and one of the mobile operators and telecommunications services.
Al-Namir pointed out that the ministry deals with all mobile phone companies in the Republic of Yemen with one mechanism and without discrimination.
The Minister urged SabaFon and all licensed telecommunications companies to expand their coverage and maintain and replace the stations and towers that were destroyed by the aggression in order to improve and improve the communications services provided to citizens in all governorates of the Republic, thus reducing the poor coverage and the low quality of telecommunications services suffered by them.
Citizen, noting the role provided by all telecommunications companies in order to continue to provide communications services to Yemeni citizens in various governorates of the Republic in light of the aggression and siege.
He also called on the world and all international community organizations, especially the United Nations and the international telecommunication authorities, to assume their moral responsibility and intervene immediately to stop the destruction of the telecommunications sector and systematically target towers, networks and telephone exchanges. Developing its services and moving towards 4G technologies over the past five years.
We also call on them to raise the urban imposed on civil-use communications equipment as essential services affecting the lives of civilians and daily life, and a right guaranteed by the covenants. Human rights and international laws.
According to the agreement signed by SabaFon Chairman, the company was granted a renewal of the mobile license for two years until the end of 2021 for the second generation as a final period for this technology to move to the fourth generation in line with the technological developments.