5.6 EQUITY PARTICIPATION...................................................................................................... 26 5.7 MARKET STRUCTURE............................................................................................................ 27 5.8 BROADBAND SERVICES........................................................................................................ 31 5.9 REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................... 32 5.10 FACILITY SHARING ............................................................................................................. 33 5.11 RIGHTS OF WAY .................................................................................................................... 33 5.12 MULTIMEDIA SERVICES ..................................................................................................... 33 5.13 STANDARDISATION ............................................................................................................ 33 5.14 DISASTER MANAGEMENT................................................................................................. 33 5.15 TELECOMMUNICATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT........................................... 34 4.16 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ................................................................................................. 34 6. POSTAL SERVICES...................................................................................................................... 35 6.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 35 6.2 POLICY OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................... 35 6.3 STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................................. 35 6.4 LIBERALISATION OF POSTAL SERVICES .......................................................................... 36 6.5 MARKET STRUCTURE............................................................................................................ 36 6.6 POSTAL SECURITY.................................................................................................................. 39 6.7 PHILATELIC SERVICE ............................................................................................................ 39 6.8 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION..................................................................................... 40 7. RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM .......................................................................................... 41 7.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 41 7.2 POLICY OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................... 41 7.3 STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................................. 41 8. UNIVERSAL ACCESS.................................................................................................................. 44 8.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 44 8.2 POLICY OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................... 44 8.3 STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................................. 45 8.4 FINANCING UNIVERSAL ACCESS ..................................................................................... 45 8.5 ESTABLISHMENT OF ICT CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE .................................................... 46 9. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY IMPLEMENTATION ........................... 47 9.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 47 9.2 ROLE OF GOVERNMENT....................................................................................................... 47 9.2.1 ICT POLICY ADVISORY SECRETARIAT ..................................................................................... 47 9.2.2 ICT SECTOR REGULATOR ........................................................................................................ 48 9.2.3 ICT APPELLATE TRIBUNAL ...................................................................................................... 48 9.3 ROLE OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ............................................................................... 48 9.4 ROLE OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY .............................................................................................. 48 9.5 ROLE OF INVESTORS AND OPERATORS .......................................................................... 48 9.6 ROLE OF CONSUMERS AND USERS ................................................................................... 49 ANNEX I– MARKET STRUCTURE............................................................................................ - 1 ANNEX 2 - GLOSSARY OF TERMS........................................................................................... - 4 - ii