Samoa: Telecommunication Act No. 20/2005

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

Uganda Communications Act

Uganda Communications Act 2013 - The Uganda Communications Commission was established to implement the provisions of The UCC Act 2013, and to regulate the Communications sector, which includes Telecommunications, Broadcasting, radio communication, postal communications, data communication and infrastructure.

The Communications Act of 1997 (repealed) 

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

Dispute Resolution in the telecommunications sector: current practices and future directions

The global telecommunications sector has been transformed over the past decade by privatization, liberalization, technological change, and growth in demand. These trends have contributed to economic growth and improved sector governance, but they also have produced an increasing number and variety of disputes that call for faster, more cost-effective and better resolution.

 

Ref: ITU_WB_Dispute_Res_E

Facilities Based Operator Licenses (FBO) Guidelines

The Singapore telecommunication services market was fully liberalised from 1 April 2000. As required under the Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323), any person operating and providing telecommunication systems and services in Singapore has to be licensed.

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

 

Ref: FBOGuidelines

Law no. 239/2005 on the amendment and completion of several normative acts in the field of communications

Law no.239/2005 on the amendment and completion of several normative acts in the field of communications

Enacted by the Parliament of Romania.

Art.I. – Article 51 of the Government Ordinance no.31/2002 on postal services, published in the Romanian Official Journal, Part I, no.87 as of February 1, 2002, approved, with amendments and completions, by Law no.642/2002, shall be repealed.

Argentina: Decreto - Decree No. 764/2000

Decree No. 764/2000: This Decree sets out the general legal framework for Otelecommunications in Argentina. It includes licensing, competition policy, quality service, interconnection, scarce resources management, infrastructure sharing, collocation, universal service, tariffs regulation penalties and sanctions, and dispute resolution.

Decree No. 27/2003: This decree sets out the creation of the telecommunications regulatory authority.