(i) provides public communication services,
(ii) has the right to use the radio frequency
spectrum or the number, pursuant to this
Act, and
(b) in the form of an archive for additional five
years after the retention under paragraph
(a).
CHAPTER II – REGULATION OF INFORMATION
AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND
SYSTEMS
PART I - FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTER AND THE
AUTHORITY
Principles
6. (1) The Government shall
(a) guarantee the independence of the com
petent authorities with respect to all
organizations providing networks, equip
ment or services in the information and
communications sector, or otherwise active
in the sector and
(b) ensure complete and effective separation of
the regulatory function from the activities
associated with ownership or control.
(2) The Government shall ensure that all policy and
regulatory functions for the sector are performed
by the respective policy and regulatory bodies in
an independent, a proportionate, an impartial and a
transparent manner with a view to achieving the
following objectives
(a) adopting of the principle that policy and
regulation should be technology-neutral,
and therefore a prohibition against granting
un-justified advantage to any particular
technology without prejudice to the adoption
of suitable measures for the promotion of
specific services, where the measures are
necessary for the pursuit of the regulatory
objectives stipulated in this Act; and
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