New telecom operators won't access market, says CITC governor

Saudi Arabia’s ministry of communications and information technology will not allow new telecom players to enter the local market in the current period, Abdulaziz Al-Ruwais, Governor of Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), told Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper on Monday.

Global service providers including US-based Amazon Co. and Facebook have applied to access the Saudi market.

Other applications were also submitted by global cloud computing service providers, Al-Ruwais added on the sidelines of the regional standardization forum.