‘Telecom Regulatory Commission recorded JD91m as surplus in 2017’

By JT - Jan 02,2018 - Last updated at Jan 02,2018

AMMAN — The Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) in 2017 transferred JD91 million as surplus to the Treasury, compared to JD84 million in 2016, marking an increase of 7 per cent, Chief Commissioner Ghazi Jbour said on Tuesday.

Jbour noted that the total amount transferred to the Treasury between 2015 and 2017 reached around JD362 million, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

He added that in the past three years, the TRC transferred around JD1.673 billion to the Treasury.

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