The period of validity of radio licenses issued on a contest basis will be increased from 15 to 25 years. The licenses could be extended without paying the portability tax, as a bill that was approved by the Cabinet provides, IPN reports.
Under the bill, the range of radio frequencies for civilian use will be managed by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology. The changes were approved by the Cabinet on the initiative of the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitization in order to reduce the administrative burden on providers of public electronic communications networks.
“We will this way improve the business climate for the providers of public electronic communications networks, will stimulate investments in infrastructure and will ensure higher-quality and more accessible services for end users,” said Deputy Prime Minister Dumitru Alaiba, Minister of Economic Development and Digitization.
After obtaining the EU candidate status, the Republic of Moldova committed itself to develop an information society for the benefit of citizens and enterprises. to improve the quality of services in this field and to ensure reasonable prices for them.
The bill to amend a number of legal acts is to be considered and passed by Parliament.
