The Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al-Qaed held a meeting with the Bahrain Transaction Clearance Society chairman Mohammed Al-Ashoul.
The meeting followed directives from the wise leadership to streamline procedures for citizens and residents and upgrade the smart card services. It was also attended by senior EWA management officials and members of the association.
Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has completed studying the first phase of the project ‘Development of Government Services’ as per the directives of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa - Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister.
The study comprised of the re-engineering of procedures for 14 government services out of 25 included within the project. Work is currently underway to complete the remaining services during the month of September up until December 2017 – in collaboration with various concerned government entities.
Zain Bahrain, a leading telecommunications company in the kingdom, said it has implemented a new registration process for postpaid and prepaid mobile services applications, in accordance with the latest regulation issued by the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA).
The new SIM-card enabled telecommunications services registration process has come into force starting from July 12, according to Zain.
Read more: BH: Zain implements new SIM card registration rule
Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) will close its Sehla branch which serves foreigner families and investors connected to the Labour Market regulatory Authority (LMRA) on July 30 and shift its services to its main branch in Isa Town.
The step comes in line with the authority’s keenness to improve service delivery for customers, an iGA statement said.
Bahrain operator Batelco says it will implement new registration rules for postpaid and prepaid mobile services from 12 July. The Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has introduced new regulations governing the registration of sim-card enabled devices for all of Bahrain’s mobile operators including Batelco, the operator said in a statement said. The regulations state that all individuals as well as commercial and government organisations applying for new mobile services (whether postpaid and/or prepaid lines) must provide documentation as outlined by the TRA.
Read more: BH: Batelco implements new TRA Sim-card registration rules