(i) provides public communication services, (ii) has the right to use the radio frequency spectrum or the number, pursuant to this Act, and (b) in the form of an archive for additional five years after the retention under paragraph (a). CHAPTER II – REGULATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND SYSTEMS PART I - FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTER AND THE AUTHORITY Principles 6. (1) The Government shall- (a) guarantee the independence of the competent authorities with respect to all organizations providing networks, equipment or services in the information and communications sector, or otherwise active in the sector and (b) ensure complete and effective separation of the regulatory function from the activities associated with ownership or control. (2) The Government shall ensure that all policy and regulatory functions for the sector are performed by the respective policy and regulatory bodies in an independent, a proportionate, an impartial and a transparent manner with a view to achieving the following objectives(a) adopting of the principle that policy and regulation should be technology-neutral, and therefore a prohibition against granting un-justified advantage to any particular technology without prejudice to the adoption of suitable measures for the promotion of specific services, where the measures are necessary for the pursuit of the regulatory objectives stipulated in this Act; and 25