Article 9. Competent state body in the field of telecommunications

The Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the competent state body in the field of telecommunications (hereinafter referred to as the competent state body).

The competent state body:

implements a unified state policy in the field of telecommunications;

develops state programs and other programs in the field of telecommunications;

develops regulatory legal acts in the field of telecommunications and regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation of telecommunications activities within its powers;

coordinates work on metrology and standardization in the field of telecommunications;

organizes work on the certification of technical means of telecommunications;

coordinates the activities of operators and providers in ensuring the information security of telecommunication networks;

ensures compliance with legislation in the field of telecommunications;

coordinates the activities of republican executive authorities, operators, and providers on issues of developing telecommunication networks and services;

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

organizes the creation and development of human capital in the field of telecommunications;

implements international cooperation in the field of telecommunications;

develops proposals and recommendations on the introduction of modern telecommunication networks into the field of public administration, their development and effective use, and the formation of a system for providing interactive state services to individuals and legal entities using information and communication technologies;

defines and approves terms and definitions in the field of telecommunications;

exercises other powers in accordance with legislation.

Requirements of the regulatory legal acts adopted by the competent state body within its powers are mandatory for execution by all individuals and legal entities.