Central and South Asian Regulators

[Updated September 2008]

Legislation, Communication, Annual Reports

Statistical and other Reports

Afghanistan

Telecom Regulatory Authority

http://atra.gov.af/

Telecommunications Services Regulation Act (pdf, 32 pp.) Ten-year Plan for Telecommunications Sector

Afghanistan - Telecom Sector Profile TRB Contribution to APT Yearbook 2006

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission

www.btrc.gov.bd

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Act - 2001 (pdf)

National Telecommunications Policy 1998 (pdf)

Bhutan

Bhutan Infocomm and Media Authority (BICMA) http://www.bicma.gov.bt

Bhutan Information Communications and Media Act 2006 (pdf) (in Dzongkha) ICT Equipment Dealership Regulation 2006
India

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

www.trai.gov.in/

TRAI Annual Reports 2005-2007 (Eng and Hindi)

TRAI Act 1997 and TRAI Amendment Act 2000

Telecommunications regulation 4th amendment 2007 (pdf)

Status Paper on Broadband speed 2008 (pdf)

Quarterly Performance Indicators of Telecom Services for the quarter ending March 2007: Part 1 (pdf); Part 2 (pdf); Part 3 (pdf)

Study Paper on - Analysis of Internet and broadband Tariffs in India 2006 (pdf)

Study Paper on Financial Analysis of Telecom Industry of China and India 2006 (pdf)

The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators April-June 2006 (pdf, 632 kb, 94 pp.)

The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators for Financial Year Ending 31st March 2006. Part I (pfd, 288 kb, 37 pp.)

The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators for Financial Year Ending 31st March 2006. Part II (pdf, 394 kb, 49 pp.)

Quality of Service of Cellular Mobile Service in Mumbai Metro Circle - A Study. Nov 2005 (pdf, 93,8 kb, 7 pp.)

Study Paper on State of Indian Telecom Network (pdf, 1,43 Mb, 35 pp.)

Study Paper on “Indicators for Telecom Growth” 2005 (pdf, 192 kb, 24 pp.)

Kazakhstan

The Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Informatization and Communications

http://www.aic.gov.kz

Law of The Republic Of Kazakhstan on Communication 2000 (Kaz)

Statute on Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Informatization & Communication 2003

Key indicators of the telecommunication/ICT sector

Kazakhstan - 2030 Strategy (Kaz)

Maldives

Telecommunications Authority of Maldives

www.tam.gov.mv

Telecom Policy 2006 - 2010 (pdf) (in Dhivehi) Online Statistics
Nepal

Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA)

www.nta.gov.np/

Telecommunication Policy, 2060 B.S. (2004)

Telecommunications Act,2053 B.S. (1997)

19th MIS report February- March 2008

Previous MIS Reports

Quarterly Performance Indicator of Telecom Services Sector July-Oct 2007.pdf

Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA)

www.pta.gov.pk/

Annual Report 2007

Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf, 63,5 Mb, 145 pp.)

Previous Annual Reports from 2000

Pakistan Telecommunication Act 1996 (with 2006 amendments) (pdf)

Quarterly Review, December 2007 (pdf)

Quarterly Review, March 2007 (pdf)

Quarterly Review, January 2007 (pdf)

Previous Quarterly Reports from 2005

Online Indicators

Sri Lanka

Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL)

www.trc.gov.lk/

Telecommunications Act, Act No. 25 - 1991 (amended in 1996) Proposed Ten Year Development Plan (2006 -2016) (pdf)

Comprehensive Document on TRCSL Activities, 2000 (pdf)

Online Statistics

Year 2004-Workplan of TRCSL

Uzbekistan

Communications and Information Agency of Uzbekistan

http://www.aci.uz/en/

Statute

Other resources:

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2006: Measuring ICT for social and economic development (8th edition, 2006)

World Bank

Corporate Governance Economy reports (by country)

Network Dynamics Associates

Available reports by Ken Zita for the following countries:

Afghanistan Telecom Brief (pdf)

Bangladesh Telecom Brief (pdf)

Bhutan Telecom Brief (pdf)

India telecom Brief (pdf)

Nepal Telecom Brief (pdf)

Pakistan Telecom Brief (pdf)

Sri Lanka Telecom Brief (pdf)

Telecommunication Research project

ICT Sector Development in Five Central Asian Economies“: Report for UNESCAP by John Ure, 2005 (pdf)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications & Information Working Group
(APEC TEL Working Group)

The Communication and Multimedia Consumer Forum of Malaysia

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