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Regarding the auction of the right to use telecommunications numbers and internet resources, Chairman of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy proposed to study and review the content of the auction of telecommunications numbers and internet resources, in order to improve the efficiency of management, exploitation, use and promotion of these resources.
On the morning of June 2, the National Assembly heard the presentation and the report on the review of the draft Law on Telecommunications (amended). Presenting the presentation, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that the current Law on Telecommunications has revealed limitations and inadequacies, and is not suitable for the new context.
According to the Minister of Information and Communications, in the trend of digital transformation, data becomes the most important resource of the digital economy, a new input for production and requires policies and regulations for management.
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Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung. Photo: QUANG PHUC |
On the other hand, the convergence of telecommunications, information technology and recently the convergence with digital technology has blurred the boundary between telecommunications and information technology, posing difficulties in building and perfecting institutions.
Nowadays, the Internet can provide telecommunication services (including basic telecommunication services), and can even provide cross-border telecommunication services. This raises the problem of managing telecommunication services on the Internet and managing cross-border telecommunication services.
In the review report, Chairman of the Committee on Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy said that the committee agreed with the need to amend the Law on Telecommunications for the reasons stated in the Government's Submission.
However, there are opinions suggesting considering expanding the scope of regulation and related regulations in the draft law for expanded contents, avoiding duplication and overlap.
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Chairman of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment Le Quang Huy reports on the review. Photo: QUANG PHUC |
Another opinion is that expanding the scope of regulation in the draft law increases compliance costs, affects benefits to the economy, and reduces the attraction of foreign investment in developing data centers or providing cloud computing services in Vietnam.
Therefore, the review agency recommends that the drafting agency continue to research and refer to the legislative experience of other countries; analyze, clarify, and convince more about expanding the scope of regulation, ensuring consistency, unity, and avoiding overlapping in the scope of regulation, especially for new services and business models. In addition, the management of OTT telecommunications services is an important policy, having a great impact on people, businesses, and the digital transformation, development of the digital economy, and digital society that is being promoted. Most opinions say that the current law does not have regulations on the management of this service, which will lead to the rights of users not being guaranteed. Therefore, it needs to be managed in an appropriate manner.
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National Assembly delegates attend the working session on the morning of June 2. Photo: QUANG PHUC |
Therefore, the review agency recommends that the drafting agency study and revise the above regulations to ensure strictness and feasibility. At the same time, consider only legalizing the contents that have been agreed upon and have their impacts carefully assessed.
Regarding the auction of the right to use telecommunications numbers and internet resources, the Chairman of the Committee for Science, Technology and Environment said that the auction of the right to use telecommunications numbers and internet domain names has been regulated in the current Telecommunications Law and Decision No. 16 of the Prime Minister.
Therefore, the draft law should only regulate issues of principle, specific issues can refer to the provisions of the Law on Asset Auction or assign the Government and the Minister of Information and Communications to regulate in detail to ensure flexibility, creating favorable conditions for implementation in accordance with reality. At the same time, the drafting committee continues to research, review and complete the content on auctioning telecommunications numbers and internet resources, in order to improve the efficiency of management, exploitation, use and promotion of these resources.
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