86. The enabling environment created by the Telecommunications Act has seen significant network investment, since the Act commenced in September 2009. Investment has been concentrated, however, in 2G and 3G mobile network infrastructure. An important policy issue arises as to whether (and, if so, how) to provide financial support to encourage or to fund the construction of infrastructure and delivery of services to areas in which operators do not perceive demand that is sufficient to justify the investment required (i.e. where there are communities that operators perceive as being “uneconomic” to serve). The traditional approach to providing such support is for a government agency to impose a levy on all telecommunications operators, and transfer an allocation from the funds raised to whichever operator actually builds network to serve such “uneconomic” areas. Part 6 of the Telecommunications Act 2009 authorises these kind of arrangements. 87. At the same time that it is vitally important for ICT to become more accessible, available and affordable in Solomon Islands, the malicious or negligent misuse of Page | 31 Solomon Islands National ICT Policy