Santo Domingo. – The Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) presented the proposal for the General Law of Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity, with which it seeks to update the legal framework of the sector and respond to the challenges of the country’s technological transformation.
The presentation was led by the member of the Indotel Board of Directors, Fausto Rosario Adames, representing the president of the Board of Directors, Guido Gómez Mazara.
During his speech, Gómez Mazara explained that the initiative builds upon the progress achieved with Law 153-98, but incorporates tools in line with the current reality, marked by fiber optics, new mobile generations, satellite communications, submarine cables, data centers, and other digital infrastructure.
The councilor highlighted that the proposal expressly establishes that the regulation will focus on networks, services, infrastructure, and resources functionally linked to telecommunications, without regulating content, electronic commerce, or digital platforms that are not functionally linked to the sector. In this way, it seeks to clearly delimit the regulator’s scope of action and preserve the freedom of innovation in other areas.
Likewise, he pointed out that among the main objectives of the project are to simplify the authorization regime through a single concession, facilitate infrastructure deployment through a single electronic window, promote network sharing, and strengthen competition and efficient management of the radio spectrum.
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The member of the Board of Directors indicated that the initiative also expands user protection through provisions on quality and continuity of services, clear information, transparent billing, number portability, accessibility for people with disabilities, and complaint mechanisms.
He added that the proposal incorporates a sectoral cybersecurity regime aimed at strengthening the integrity, continuity, and resilience of networks and the digital infrastructure directly necessary for their operation.
A process open to dialogue
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Rosario Adames reported that the project was presented to the Legal Consultancy of the Executive Branch and that Indotel will work jointly with that entity to develop a process of dialogues with operators, users, academies, experts, entrepreneurs, and civil society organizations before submitting the proposal to the National Congress.
“We want to reach the National Congress with a mature proposal, enriched by dialogue and capable of responding to the technological challenges of the coming decades,” stated Fausto Rosario Adames.
The proposal seeks to lay the regulatory foundations for a more connected, inclusive, innovative, and competitive Dominican Republic, through an updated legal framework in line with the technological evolution of the sector.
The meeting included representatives from the main companies and organizations in the sector, including Claro, Altice, Trilogy, OneMax, Wind Telecom, Columbus, ADORA, and COMTEC, as well as members of the Board of Directors and officials from Indotel. Also present were lawyers Nassef Perdomo and José Luis Taveras, drafters of the preliminary bill.
