Summary

The scope of Recommendation ITU-T D.700 R are over-the-top (OTT) services that can be regarded as potentially competing with or substituting for traditional telecommunications and audio-visual services such as voice telephony, short message service (SMS), and video calling.

This Recommendation seeks to provide guidance to Arab States in relation to the global growth of OTTs in view of ensuring fair competition, consumer protection, dynamic innovation, sustainable investment and infrastructure development, accessibility and affordability of services to the largest part of population.