Overview

In accordance with sections 16 (b) and 16 (d) of the ICT Act 2001 (as amended), the Authority has as objects “to create a level playing field for all operators in the interest of consumers in general” and “to ensure that telecommunication services are reasonably accessible at affordable cost nationwide and are supplied as efficiently and economically as practicable and at performance standards that reasonably meet the social, educational, industrial, commercial and other needs of Mauritius.”

The promotion of competition is ensured through the economic regulation of the ICT sector by the Authority, and this is undertaken via different specialised activities notably: