Title: Samoa: Telecommunication Act No. 20/2005

Languages: English

Type: Document, Website


Region: East Asia and Pacific

Country: Global / Non-Specific, Samoa

Sectors: Telecom and ICT

Keywords: Legal Framework, ICT Core, Telecom and ICT

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Document Summary:

This law sets out the general legal framework for telecommunications in Samoa.


Document Details:

It contains a detailed institutional framework, including the creation of the telecommunications regulatory authority. It includes licensing, competition policy, quality service, interconnection, co-location, scarce resources management, universal access, tariffs regulation, penalties and sanctions and dispute resolution. It also covers some postal service issues.

Amendments have been issued in 2014.

See PPP Laws/Concession Laws - Samoa

For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Telecommunications & ICT.

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 Ref#: TELECOMMUNICATIONS_ACT_2005_-_Eng.pdf

Updated: July 10, 2022