Article 11. Regulation in the field of telecommunications

The regulatory body is a legal entity that regulates the telecommunications sector and is independent financially, structurally, and in terms of decision-making.

The regulatory body:

carries out the licensing of the activities of legal entities in the field of telecommunications and permissive procedures in accordance with legislation;

centrally manages the priority use of telecommunications infrastructures and work on their restoration and development in emergency situations of a natural and man-made nature or in a state of emergency, and also limits or suspends their operation in the established manner;

implements the accreditation of legal entities conducting an expert examination of design and estimate documentation for the construction of telecommunication networks and telecommunications structures;

regulates tariffs for certain types of telecommunications services, as well as inter-network connections;

determines the list of universal services and requirements for their quality;

promotes the provision of an equal and fair competitive environment for the functioning of operators and providers;

promotes the formation and development of the telecommunications services market based on free competition;

protects the legitimate rights and interests of users, and considers issues of interaction between operators, providers, and users;

develops the numbering system of telecommunication networks and manages the numbering plan of telecommunication networks;

develops and approves the procedure for using the address space of the national segment of the global information network Internet, and determines the domain name system;

implements mandatory digital marking of telecommunication means;

establishes control, together with relevant bodies, over the circumvention of protection measures during unauthorized connection to the network and traffic passage;

monitors the compliance of the quality of provided telecommunications services with established requirements and norms.