Information and Communication
Technologies

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PART VIII
UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND SERVICE
70. (1) There is hereby established the Universal Access and
Service Fund which shall be used for the financing of universal
access and service.
The Authority shall determine a system to promote the
widespread availability and usage of electronic communications
networks and services throughout Zambia by encouraging the
installation of electronic communications networks and the provision
of electronic communications services in un-served or under-served

areas and communities.
A determination by the Authority under subsection (1) shall
include definitions of 'un-served areas', "under-served areas" and
"under-served communities", and in determining such definitions,
the Authority shall have regard to—
the level of competition in particular areas or places;
the availability of services in particular areas or places;
the availability of services to any group;
the commercial viability of installation of electronic
communications networks or providing electronic
communications services in particular areas or places;
and
(e) any barriers to the use of available services.
(4) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority,
make regulations on universal access or service, which regulations
may include—
the nature and status of the Fund;
the sources of funding and the manner
will be paid;

in

which the Fund

the internal organisation of the Fund and its relation with
other entities;
the activities that the Fund shall finance and the manner
in which such financing shall occur;
(e) the annual contributions payable by any licensee to the
Fund, that shall not exceed the amount prescribed by
the Minister, in consultation with the Authority; and

Universal
Access and
Service Fund

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