CRA Issues Instrument on Construction Procedures and Standards of Cellular Mobile Base Stations and Towers

The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has issued the final regulatory Instrument on Construction Procedures and Standards of Cellular Mobile Base Stations and Towers in Qatar.

The final Procedures and Standards  Instrument sets the requirements and the basis for the mobile service providers to consider when they construct Cellular Mobile base stations and Towers in the country. These Procedures and Standards shall:

1. Serve to protect the general public from exposure to Radio Frequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF) within the frequency range of cellular mobile services;
2. Require Licensees in Qatar to ensure that the construction and ongoing operation of all Cellular Mobile Base Stations and Towers and related RF equipment complies with  International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)  public exposure Procedures and Standards ;
3. Require that Licensees respect the natural environment and landscape of Qatar as well as address the concerns of the public, in planning the Site locations of the Cellular Mobile Base Stations and Towers;
4. Establish technical regulatory practices for the construction of sharable Cellular Mobile Base Stations and Towers.

This Instrument is a result of the consultation with the industry on the Construction Procedures and Standards of Cellular Mobile Base Stations and Towers. CRA received submissions from Ooredoo and Vodafone Qatar on the above consultation and took the comments into consideration to revise the draft.  

CRA has now published theinstruction Procedures and Standards of Cellular Mobile Base Stationsand Towers.