Doha, September 3, 2025: The State of Qatar, represented by a delegation from the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) led by Engineer Ahmad bin Abdulla AlMuslemani, President of CRA, participated in the Global Symposium for Regulators 2025 (GSR-25), which was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in collaboration with the Government of Saudi Arabia and hosted by the Saudi Communications, Space & Technology Commission from August 31 to September 3, 2025. The event took place at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Held under the theme “Regulation for Sustainable Digital Development,” GSR-25 brought together regulators, policymakers, and digital stakeholders from around the world to discuss the evolving regulatory landscape and the future of inclusive, innovation-driven digital transformation. The gathering served as a platform for regulatory dialogue to develop and adopt guiding principles for best regulatory practices followed by telecommunications regulators worldwide. With the participation of more than 190 countries, GSR-25 provided a forum to exchange expertise and align perspectives on key policy and regulatory issues in the digital sector.
The GSR-25 program featured an Executive Roundtable of Heads of Regulators on enabling regulators as digital ecosystem builders, an Executive Masterclass on strategic foresight for Artificial Intelligence (AI) collaborative frameworks, and sessions organized around the following themes: collaborate, connect, trust, protect, include, empower, sustain and innovate. These sessions addressed secure and resilient infrastructure, consumer protection, digital inclusion and skills development, and pathways toward sustainable growth. In addition to that, there were interactive high-level panels on policy and regulatory issues.
In this context, Engineer Ahmad bin Abdulla AlMuslemani, President of the Communications Regulatory Authority, stated: “Our participation in GSR-25 reflects CRA’s keenness to exchanging expertise and insights with our counterparts around the world and discussing best practices for regulating the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector amid global digital transformations. This international cooperation holds particular importance, as it supports our ongoing efforts to develop the sector locally in accordance with the best regulatory practices and in alignment with CRA’s strategy, which is aligned with the objectives of Qatar National Vision 2030, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of Qatar.”
In his capacity as the Chair-Designate of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26), Engineer Ahmad bin Abdulla AlMuslemani, President of CRA, held a series of meetings on the sidelines of the GSR-25 with delegations representing ITU member states and with Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the ITU. The meetings addressed several issues of mutual interest in the ICT field, as part of the ongoing preparations to host the conference in Doha next year.
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About CRA:
CRA is the communications regulator of the State of Qatar established by virtue of the Emiri Decree 42 of 2014. CRA regulates the telecommunications and information technology sector, postal sector and access to digital media. CRA promotes and supports an open and competitive information and communications technology sector that provides advanced, innovative, and reliable communications services. Balancing consumers’ rights and service providers’ needs is at the heart of what CRA does.
