Parliament approved a bill to create an independent communications authority


On 15 June 2019 The Reporter Ethiopia said the House of Peoples’ Representatives approved a draft bill to establish an independent regulatory body for communications, a step officials tied to opening the telecom market beyond Ethio Telecom.

Parliament approved a bill to create an independent communications authority

Lawmakers framed the authority as the agency that would license operators and set rules for a more competitive sector after years of monopoly provision.

Kept as telecom-regulation archive, the Reporter story dates the June 2019 communications-authority statute.

Sources: The Reporter Ethiopia