VOL. XLIV

No 32

6-August-2001

SAUDI ARABIA

SAGIA Head Calls For Telecoms SectorLiberalization

Speaking to the local press on 31 July, the head of the Saudi Arabian GeneralInvestment Authority (SAGIA), Prince'Abd Allah ibn Faisal ibn Turki, called upon the countrys government to open up thetelecommunications sector. Investmentin this sector is very profitable and I hope the Saudi Telecoms Authority wouldquickly issue regulations in this respect, he said, according to the English-languagedaily Arab...