Section 9
Pre-installation of telecommunications infrastructure
1. Urbanisation schemes and the construction of buildings and urban roads shall include the
pre-installation of telecommunications infrastructure.
2. The installations referred to in the preceding subsection shall be made in accordance with
the norms established by the regulatory entity and approved by the Cabinet members
responsible for urbanism, telecommunications and internal administration.
3. The installations referred to in the preceding subsections shall be subject to monitoring
by the universal service operator.
CHAPTER II
On public telecommunications
Section 10
Universal service
1- It is incumbent upon the State to ensure the existence and availability of the universal
telecommunications service that will satisfy the communication needs of the population and
of economic and social activities within the country as a whole, and to ensure international
connections in terms of equality and continuity and through conditions of adequate
remuneration, taking into account the requirements for harmonic and balanced socioeconomic development.
2- The universal service shall be operated under an exclusivity regime by the State, by a
public corporate person or by a private corporate person, through a concession contract,
hereinafter referred to as the universal service operator, which shall be obligated to
establish, manage and operate infrastructure that comprise the basic telecommunications
network and to provide fixed telephone service.
Section 11
Basic network
1. The basic telecommunications network is comprised of the fixed subscriber access
system, the transmission network and by the concentration, commutation or processing
knots that are essentially used to provide the fixed telephone service referred to in the
previous section.
2. For the purposes of the provisions of the preceding subsection:
(a) Fixed subscriber access system is deemed to be the set of transmission means
located between a fixed point, at the level of the physical connection to the terminal