In accordance with the law 2010/013 of 21 December 2010 governing electronic communications in its Article 9,
(1) A concession, in whole or in part, may be granted to one or more legal persons governed by public or private law by agreements fixing in particular the rights and obligations of the beneficiary of the concession, the areas of the State below:
The establishment and operation of national electronic communications networks open to the public, excluding transmission networks;
The establishment and operation of electronic communications transport networks, including the operation of submarine cable landing stations and teleports to one or more satellite networks.
(2) A concession shall be granted to any legal entity awarded an invitation to tender and which undertakes to comply with the provisions of this Law and the clauses of the specifications governing the general conditions for the drawing up and use, Operation of electronic communications networks.
(3) The concession referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to compliance with the requirements contained in a specification annexed to the Convention and relating to:
The nature, characteristics and area of coverage of the service;
The conditions of permanence, quality and availability of the service;
The conditions of confidentiality and neutrality of the service, with regard to the messages transmitted;
Network and service standards and standards;
The use of allocated frequencies;
Requirements for national defense, public security, protection of health and the environment and planning objectives;
The operator's contribution to research into training and standardization in electronic communications;
The conditions for interconnection and, where appropriate, the principle of payment of charges for access to electronic communications networks open to the public;
The conditions for sharing infrastructure;
The methods of contributing to the general missions of the State and, in particular, to the tasks and responsibilities of the universal service and regional planning;
The free routing of emergency electronic communications;
The conditions of commercial exploitation necessary to ensure fair, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory competition at affordable prices without distorting or impeding the exercise of free competition by ensuring equal treatment for all users;
Term, termination and renewal conditions;
The modalities for calculating and revising the contribution required for participation in the development of electronic communications throughout the territory.
(4) The concession agreement and the specifications negotiated and drawn up in accordance with the laws and regulations in force shall be approved by decree of the President of the Republic.
(5) The holder of a concession agreement is subject to payment of financial consideration, royalties and contributions, the terms of which shall be specified in the agreement.
