Telecommunications. 10. Prepaid medicine and social security system. Health regime.
Telecommunications. The regimes regulating telecommunications services are reformed, eliminating restrictions to commercial expansion and encouraging investment in the sector. In this sense, the following laws were modified by DNU 70/23: It will be possible to hold more than one audiovisual communication services licence and exceed the previously established limits on the number of licences allowed and the maximum percentage imposed related to the provision of these services at the national level (Section 45 of Law SCA - 326 of Decree No. 70/2023). Removes the prohibition on holders of satellite audiovisual communication service licences from acquiring any other type of licence. Audiovisual communication service licensees may be holders of signal registers (Section 45 of Act SCA - 326 of Decree No. 70/2023). The restriction preventing the accumulation of licences for satellite broadcasting services and mobile broadcasting services with licences for other services of a different type or nature is repealed (Section 46 - 327 of Decree No. 70/2023). - It incorporates subscription broadcasting services via satellite link within the definition of "Subscription Broadcasting"; therefore, there is no longer a differentiated treatment for this type of service according to the type of link. Services of this type are exclusively regulated by the AD Law and not by the SCA Law as was previously the case for services with satellite links (Section 6 inc a of the AD Law - 328 of Decree No. 70/2023). - Incorporates as a service that may be registered by ICT licensees, the subscription broadcasting service, using any link (Art. 10 - 329 of Decree No. 70/2023). - The provision of satellite facilities is free. No authorisation is required for such provision, but owners of satellite communications systems must register for operation for the sole purpose of coordinating the use of radio frequencies and avoiding interference with other systems under regulations to be issued by the Regulator. Notwithstanding this, the provision of any ICT service via satellite will be subject to the general regime for the provision of ICT services established in the AD Law (Section 34 - 330 of Decree No. 70/2023). of transcendental importance. This amendment imposes minimum coverage percentages in collective labour disputes. DNU 70/23 has established a new regulatory framework for prepaid medicine and social security companies. - It repeals the prior requirement of authorisation of prices (quotas) to be defined by he...