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ECTEL Telecommunications Ministers Approve New Legislation

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April 26, 2017
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Castries, Saint Lucia – 17th October 2016 The Council of Ministers of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) concluded its thirty-fourth regular meeting in Saint Lucia on Friday 14th October 2014. At that meeting, the Council approved new Regulations which are aimed at enhancing the environment for
competition in the telecommunications sector in the ECTEL Member States.

The new Regulations address (i) consumer protection, which among other provisions, guard against unfair restrictions on consumer choices in services; (ii) submarine cable regulations, which set out conditions for fair access to submarine cable capacity; (iii access to network infrastructure and wholesale services regulations, which impose conditions on licensees holding significant market power to share their networks; (iv) regulations and guidelines on the conduct of market analyses.

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Incoming Chairman of the Council, Honourable Guy Joseph of Saint Lucia, stated that with the rapid changes in the technology and in the sector, both the regulator and the
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Over the next two months, the Council of Ministers will facilitate presentations in their respective countries to familiarise Ministers and parliamentarians with the purposes and provisions of the new legislation.

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