disabled or of pensionable age, with regard to prices charged for, and the quality and variety of, information and communications services provided and information and communications apparatus supplied; (f) promoting open network provision and effective competition among licensees in The Gambia; (g) promoting efficiency and economy on the part of licensees; (h) promoting research into and the development and use of new techniques and technologies by licensees; (i) encouraging major subscribers of information and communications services whose places of business are outside The Gambia to establish places of business in The Gambia; (j) promoting the provision of international transmission services through The Gambia; (k) encouraging persons producing information and communications apparatus to set up production facilities in The Gambia and compete effectively in the supply of the apparatus both inside and outside The Gambia. and (l) promoting processes of public consultation and manifestation of interest, with regard to the introduction of new services or technologies. (2) Within the context of the objectives defined in subsection (1), the Authority shall(a) advise the Minister on policy formulation and development strategies for the information and communications sectors; (b) develop regulations for adoption by the 31