E. Legal Environment for ICT 98. The importance of legal certainty for business investment is confirmed both by formal studies and by recent Solomon Islands experience. Moreover, a sound system of laws for the use of ICT is essential for the protection of users ICT Objective 2 Enact or amend laws, and establish or reform administrative and enforcement bodies, to create an environment that supports the secure, cost-effective and productive deployment and use of ICT in Solomon Islands. Enakt or amend loas an mekem or rifom administretif an enfosment bodis fo hemi krietim enfaeronment wea sapotim sef, kost effektif an prodaktif diploement and ius lo ict insaed Solomon aelens. Issues 99. Since 2009 it has been the policy of the Government, expressed in the Telecommunications Act 2009, to remove barriers to entry to the telecommunications market and create an enabling legal environment in which operators compete to win customers’ business. Telecommunications operators report that certainty, predictability and stability in the regulatory regime under which they operate has been a significant and positive factor in their decisions for investment in Solomon Islands. 100. The legal framework will also have relevance for revitalization of national culture. The Policy Framework recognizes this, and includes as a policy goal: “The cultural and legal rights of customary owners and producers of cultural products are protected within and outside Solomon Islands.”36 The best means of protecting the rights of customary cultural owners and producers must be investigated with open minds regarding the possible approaches, as orthodox intellectual property rights 36 Ministry of Culture and Tourism Nasinol Policy Framework blong Kalsa(2012), policy goal 12.1, p 10. Page | 36 Solomon Islands National ICT Policy