Policies and Regulations constitute a large part of IDA's efforts to create a conducive infocomm environment that is both pro-consumer and pro-business. To ensure sustainable growth and competition in a multi-operator, multi-network environment, IDA formulates and develops short- and medium-term infocomm-related policies, as well as standards, codes of practices and advisory guidelines - all of which are enforceable by IDA - pertaining to issues such as licensing, interconnection, resource and competition management, to name a few.
On top of this, IDA also monitors local and global infocomm market trends, developments and regulatory measures, while remaining technology-neutral, to ensure that the current infocomm policies and regulatory frameworks are effective and relevant. In recognition of the dynamic nature of the infocomm industry, IDA also progressively fine-tunes and reviews these policies and regulations. As IDA values the opinions, concerns and expertise of stakeholders, it believes in engaging and consulting the industry and consumers when formulating new policies or reviewing existing ones.
Throughout its Policy and Regulations work, IDA is committed to the principles of:
- Promoting effective and sustainable competition;
- Promoting facilities-based competition to the greatest extent possible;
- Relying on market forces;
- Adopting proportionate regulation;
- Remaining technology-neutral; and
- Providing a transparent and reasoned decision-making process.