Communications, Space and Technology Commission (Saudi Arabia)

Communications, Space and Technology Commission
(CST)
هيئة الاتصالات والفضاء والتقنية
Government agency overview
Formed28 April 2001; 23 years ago (2001-04-28)
Preceding Government agency
  • Saudi Communications Commission
HeadquartersRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
24°44′56″N 46°41′18″E / 24.74889°N 46.68833°E / 24.74889; 46.68833
Government agency executives
Parent Government agencyMinistry of Communications and Information Technology
Websitewww.cst.gov.sa/en

The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST; Arabic: هيئة الاتصالات والفضاء والتقنية, Hai'at al-Ittisalat wa Tiqniyyat al-Ma`lumat) is the Saudi communications authority. It was first established under the name of Saudi Communications Commission in accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers. The name was changed after the commission was assigned new tasks related to information technology. Since October 2006, CITC has been handling the DNS structure and filtering in Saudi Arabia in the place of KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology).[1]

  1. ^ "Communications, Space and Technology Commission, Saudi Arabia, Annual Report 2005" (PDF) (Press release). Communications, Space and Technology Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-01-22.