I 4 • ensure the existence of an independent regulator with responsibility for establishing universal service obligations, licensing providers, managing radiofrequency, setting interconnection guidelines, and establishing technical standards; • commercialize the post office and subject it to the authority of an independent regulator; • promote availability of affordable, good quality universal postal services; • identify those "reserved" postal services that will not be subject to competition; and • establish a framework for the provision of non-reserved postal services, in a competitive environment, by private sector participants. WTO Reference Paper Although Lesotho has not signed the WTO Telecom Reference Paper, the converged regulatory regime is also consistent with the standards established in that document. Specifically, as provided for in the Reference Paper, the Government will: • adopt safeguards to prevent anti-competitive practices by entities with significant market power; • adopt transparent procedures to facilitate the adoption of agreements that allow for nondiscriminatory interconnection, at cost-oriented prices, to the transport facilities of entities that have significant market power; • adopt a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral universal service regime; • make licensing criteria, and the terms of individual licenses, publicly available; • ensure regulatory independence; and • establish objective, timely, and transparent procedures governing the allocation of scarce resources. The WTO Reference Paper was intended to be adopted as standard practice for the telecommunications sector. However, these principles are applicable, to a significant extent, to all three communications sectors. 3.1 Institutional Framework The Communications Act will integrate the regulation of the telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal sectors. The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) will be restructured, and will be given authority to regulate all three sectors.