The government of Ecuador plans to create a telecommunications ministry in a bid to simplify decision making in a very bureaucratic sector, local newspaper El Mercurio quoted the country’s President Rafael Correa as saying. According to Correa, the new ministry will be in charge of coordinating and executing all actions within the telecommunications sector in the country. Correa said the government has already designed the project to create the new body, which will have the goal of reducing bureaucracy.
Today, regulatory power under the telecommunications law is divided between four agencies: Conatel administrates and regulates telecoms policy; Conartel does the same for television and radio; Senatel executes telecoms policy, enforcing the regulator’s actions; and Suptel oversees the entire sector and has sanction making responsibilities.
(Source: cellular-news/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
