Power and Duties of the TC

Power and Duties of the TC

To license and regulate the use of frequencies and radiocommunications equipment in the telecommunications, or radiocommunications services; and prescribe licensing criteria and procedure, condition, or licensing fees.
To license and regulate the telecommunications business to ensure that the users are provided with services with quality, efficiency, timeliness, reliability and fairness; and prescribe licensing criteria and procedures, conditions, or licensing fees.
To license and regulate the use of telecommunications number; and set up licensing criteria and procedures, conditions, or licensing fees.
To prescribe criteria and procedures for network access and interconnection, and criteria and procedures for setting access or interconnection charges for the telecommunications services, both for the same type of business and other types of business, to be fair to users, service providers and investors, or between the telecommunications service providers with regard to public interest.
To set tariff structure and price structure for telecommunications service to be fair to users and service providers with regard to public interest.
To set standards and technical specifications for telecommunications and radiocommunications service.
To prescribe measure for the prevention of anti-competitive conduct or unfair competition in telecommunications service.
To prescribe measure for the expansion of the provisions of universal and equal telecommunications service.
To protect right and liberty of the people from being exploited by the operators; protect individual right of privacy and freedom to communicate by means of telecommunications; promote right, freedom and equality of the people in access to, and use of spectrum in the telecommunications service.
To monitor and provide advice on the telecommunications services.