GEC NEWS WIREThe Telecommunications Regulatory Authority notified that there are no legislations in the country that obstruct the economic movement or the work of local or international companies based in the UAE. This comes in response to several inquiries the TRA has received from companies or institutions about what has been published in the media recently regarding the use of Virtual Private Networks in the UAE.
Referring to a recently issued amendment on the Federal Law No. (5) of 2012, the TRA noted that the law is not new in its essence and that the only changes were related to tightening the penalty or punishment for any violation. The TRA further urged to read the actual violation mentioned in the law; which says: “using a false IP address or a third-party address by any other means for the purpose of committing a crime or preventing its discovery”, in order to understand the law correctly and where the punishment is exclusively linked to the mentioned fraudulent act and the intent to commit a crime or prevent its discovery.
H.E. Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director General of TRA, said: “It is known that the UAE is keen to embody the directions of the UAE Government’s wise leadership regarding smart transformation, including the smart government, smart cities, Big Data, and IoT, in addition to promoting investment, competitiveness and focus on building a knowledge-based economy and society.”
