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#Promote competition in the sector and also regulate tariffs charged by operators offering electronic communication services | #Promote competition in the sector and also regulate tariffs charged by operators offering electronic communication services | ||
#Protect the rights and interests of consumers, service providers, suppliers and manufactures. | #Protect the rights and interests of consumers, service providers, suppliers and manufactures. | ||
In addition to the ICT ACT, the Authority was in 2009, assigned to manage and administer two (2) other pieces of legislation: Postal Services Act No. 22 of 2009 and Electronic and Communications Transactions (ECT) Act No. 21 of 2009 The Postal Services Act expanded the Authority’s mandate to cater for the regulation of Postal and Courier services. | |||
The Electronic and Communications Transactions Act on the other hand provides for: The development of a safe, secure and effective environment for the consumer, business sector and the government to conduct and use electronic communication; Promotion of legal certainty and confidence, as well as encouraging of investment and innovation, in the electronic communications industry, and Facilitation of the creation of secure communication system and networks. | |||
As a regulator of ICTs, the Authority’s overall mandate is the maintenance of a delicate balance of the interests of all stakeholders in the sector. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.zicta.zm/ ZICTA Official website] | *[http://www.zicta.zm/ ZICTA Official website] | ||
==Main references== | |||
*[http://www.zicta.zm/ ZICTA profile] | |||
[[Category:Regulatory bodies in Zambia]] | [[Category:Regulatory bodies in Zambia]] | ||
