CHAPTER I
General Provisions
Article 1º
Scope and objectives
1. This law regulates the definition of the bases for the establishment,
management and exploitation of telecommunications service infrastructures
given the vital role they play in the economic, social and cultural development of
the Republic of Angola, as well as its importance for national integrity and the
security of the population, the management of the territory and the well being of
its citizens.
2. Within the context defined in the above paragraph, the main objective of
this law is the creation of a legal framework to allow and guarantee the
expansion and modernization of the national telecommunications system as
well as the provision of quality telecommunication services, at affordable prices
and offering access to a progressively larger number of Angolans in all areas of
the national territory.
3.
The following are also objectives of this law:
a) Promote public and private investment, encouraging the exercise of the
activity in a regime of sound competition, based on transparent rules for
the licensing of the activity and extending basic services to rural and
remote areas with adequate quality standards and affordable prices.
b) Guarantee competition among service operators based on the principle
of equal opportunity, without special or exclusive rights.
c) Privilege the expansion of the national telecommunications infrastructure,
promoting the introduction of new operators;
d) Determine and guarantee compliance with the obligations of universal
service
e) Promote the development and use of new services and networks,
ensuring they are developed using the best technology available and in a
cost efficient manner, aiming at promoting territorial, economic and social
cohesion.
f) Ensure the efficient use of limited telecommunication resources such as
numbering and the radioelectric spectrum.