Article 8º
Regulation Principles
1. The regulating agency shall exercise its authority over telecommunication
carriers and radio and television broadcasters in what has to do with the
approval of technological infrastructure projects and the monitoring of technical
conditions for the operation of the respective stations. It has no jurisdiction over
the regulation of the information content.
2.
The regulation of telecommunication activities aims at:
a) Safeguarding the interests of public telecommunication service users, as
well as of radio and television broadcasting and all the services made
available by information technology, ensuring that said services be
provided within the best technical conditions and using all the potential
available to it.
b) Ensure respect for the right to privacy of telecommunications service
users
c) Ensure honest and effective competition in all areas where the service is
provided on the national territory
d) Ensure the extension of telecommunication services to all areas in the
national territory with adequate levels of quality and affordable prices
e) Encourage public use of telecommunication services as a support
infrastructure for all levels of economic and social development of the
population
f) Ensure that availability of telecommunication services is not at the
expense of the privacy of the users and the security of the institutional
order
g) Safeguard the efficient use, free of interference, of the radioelectric
spectrum for telecommunication services including radio and TV
broadcasting and all other services made available by information
technology.
h) Safeguard, under the terms of the law, the availability of services in a
regime of free competition.