{"id":32401,"date":"2019-08-05T14:16:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T13:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/?p=32401"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:02:14","slug":"the-gsma-applauds-enactment-of-colombias-ict-modernisation-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/the-gsma-applauds-enactment-of-colombias-ict-modernisation-law\/","title":{"rendered":"The GSMA applauds enactment of Colombia\u2019s ICT Modernisation Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/860x400_Colombia_Ley_TIC-300x140.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/860x400_Colombia_Ley_TIC-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/860x400_Colombia_Ley_TIC-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/860x400_Colombia_Ley_TIC.png 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Colombian President Iv\u00e1n Duque has brought into force Law 1978, of 25 July 2019, on the Modernisation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Sector. The main objectives of the new law, which was signed after lengthy debate, are to enhance legal certainty, simplify and modernise the sector\u2019s institutional framework, encourage investment, and improve efficiency in paying the financial consideration and burdens of industry stakeholders (Article 1).<\/p>\n<p>The GSMA welcomes this Law as highly significant not only for Colombia, but for the whole region, because it marks a paradigm shift towards implementing international best practice in spectrum policy, institutional frameworks, legislative simplification and digital inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>In the next legislative phase, the spirit of the Law and its clearly defined objectives must equate to decisions that ensure greater efficiency in future auctions, provide certainty about licence renewal, and link use of the Single ICT Fund to tangible connectivity goals. In particular, we are very hopeful that the concept of \u201cmaximisation of social welfare\u201d included in the Law will play a role in removing barriers to infrastructure deployment and help close the digital divide in Colombia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombian President Iv\u00e1n Duque has brought into force Law 1978, of 25 July 2019, on the Modernisation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Sector. The main objectives of the new law, which was signed after lengthy debate, are to enhance legal certainty, simplify and modernise the sector\u2019s institutional framework, encourage investment, and improve efficiency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,45],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[13722],"class_list":["post-32401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-news","category-newsspa","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The GSMA applauds enactment of Colombia\u2019s ICT Modernisation Law - GSMA Latin America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/the-gsma-applauds-enactment-of-colombias-ict-modernisation-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The GSMA applauds enactment of Colombia\u2019s ICT Modernisation Law - GSMA Latin America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Colombian President Iv\u00e1n Duque has brought into force Law 1978, of 25 July 2019, on the Modernisation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Sector. 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