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The General Regulation of Law No. 164 of Telecommunications and Information Technologies and Communication was approved on January 18.
This Regulation seeks to regulate the activities of the telecommunications sector, pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 164 that was adopted on August 8, 2011.
Since then there has been much activity around the Regulation and Control Authority for Telecommunications and Transportation (ATT) in Bolivia.
This general regulation is intended to regulate the following activities among others:
- Radio spectrum: planning and updating the national frequency plan and its usage.
- Homologation of equipment: definition of the procedures and objectives
- Distribution and allocation of frequencies for broadcasting
- Authorized and contracted for the provision of telecommunications services
- Licenses for the use of frequencies
There is a transitional period of 6 months to set the technical instructions and homologation procedures, including the list of equipment subject to approval.
The General Rules are available at the following link at the website of the Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing.
After the new Law of Telecommunications, Information and Communications Technologies was enacted last 8th of August, type approval is mandatory to import and commercialize radio and telecom equipments into Bolivia’s market.
Article nº 14 lays down the functions will be carried by the new Telecommunication Authority and among them, point 12 states: “Homologar equipos de telecomunicaciones y tecnologías de información y comunicación en todo el país” (to homologate telecommunications equipments and IC Technologies throughout the country).
At this moment there is no homologation procedure and new Telecommunication Authority will have to elaborate procedures and rules in 120 working days from the enacted date, according to the sixth transitory article mentioned in the Law.
New Law nº 164, Ley General de Telecomunicaciones, Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, can be downloaded at the website of the Gaceta Oficial del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia.
The new Law of Telecommunications, Information and Communications Technologies was sent last July 28 to the Executive Council after being approved by the Senate.
The law consists of 113 articles, 10 transitory articles and an abrogate and repeal provision. Its aim is to establish the general regime of telecommunications and information technologies and communications, the postal service and the regulatory system. For that purpose, a new Telecommunications Authority will be created to generate licensing body under the Ministry of Public Works.
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