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By The CAFTA Report (April 29, 2009) Prices of telecommunication services in Costa Rica will be left to the free market if the regulating agency determines there is enough competition. Otherwise, the agency, the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones, will intervene. That is the key philosophy set out in regulations published by the agency in the La Gaceta official newspaper. They mirror and expand upon the general telecom law that has been passed by the Asamblea Legislativa that opened up the telecom field to private enterprise. April 29, the agency now known as SUTEL and the board of directors of the parent Authoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos published the rules for setting prices and also the rules to protect users. Also published were three detailed plans for technical aspects of telecom services. The Authoridad Reguladora pointed out the same day that the rules to protect users have been suspended because a union leader with the former government telecom monopoly filed a Sala IV constitutional court case. The employee, identified as Mayid Halabi, also is a member of an advisory body of the former monopoly, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. He complained to the high court that public audiences held around the country Jan. 19 on the measure to protect users was faulty. The Authoridad Reguladora said that the video conferencing system connecting each location suffered a technical failure. However it defended the validity of the hearings because it had representatives in each of eight locations. The rules to protect users included obligations of the service provider, including quality, and rights of the users, including privacy. As a result of the court case, the Superintendencia will have to schedule a new round of public hearings, although the final product probably will not change much. The rules are detailed and include requirements such as what information will appear on an invoice. |
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