The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) describes the launch of its Electronic Communications (EC) Bill Education and Public Awareness Campaign as a success.
The programme was launched to give people in the sub-region’s ECTEL member states, including Grenada, an idea concerning the benefits of the new policy.
ECTEL is very much interested in Bridging the Broadband Usage Gap, which according to Chairman, St. Lucian MP, Stephenson King, under the new regulatory framework, ECTEL proposes updated Quality of Service Regulations.
He says they will replace outdated regulations that are no longer fit for purpose and do not allow the regulator to acquire useful information from service providers to address the numerous complaints from consumers.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Duane Noel of Grenada, noted that the role the Bill will play is for the promotion of a robust broadband supply chain, in support of the elimination of the broadband usage gap in the Member States.
He’s off the view that the absence of clear infrastructure- sharing regulations to allow other operators access to potential bottleneck infrastructure, can frustrate efforts to deliver competitively priced broadband services to consumers.
