What Singapore Telecommunications Act 1999 requires
The Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323, 2000 Rev. Ed.), last amended in 2018, requires any person who wishes to establish or maintain a telecommunication system or provide telecommunication services in Singapore to hold a facility-based operator (FBO) or service-based operator (SBO) licence issued by the Info-communications Media Development Authority under Section 5, prohibits interception of telecommunications and unauthorised interference with telecommunications systems under Sections 49 and 39, requires licensed operators to implement and maintain resilient network infrastructure meeting IMDA's Code of Practice for Telecommunication Service Resilience, mandates that operators provide emergency call services under Section 22, establishes must-carry obligations for licensed broadcasters' free-to-air channels under Section 30, and imposes financial penalties of up to SGD 1 million per contravention for licence condition violations and criminal penalties up to 10 years imprisonment for serious interception offences.
Pillar: Telecoms & Digital Infrastructure · Authority: Parliament of Singapore · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/TA1999?WholeDoc=1
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Primary Citations — 5 traced to source
- Sections 2 (definitions), 5 (licensing requirement), 21 (interconnection), 22 (emergency calls), 30 (must-carry), 39 (offences involving telecommunications), 49 (interception offences), 63 (financial penalties up to SGD 1 million), 70-80 (IMDA inspection powers) — Telecommunications Act (Cap. 323, 2000 Rev. Ed.) as amended
- Sections 3-8 (network redundancy requirements, disaster recovery plans, major service disruption reporting, vulnerability assessments) — IMDA Code of Practice for Telecommunication Service Resilience (COPSR)
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