ARCTEL-CPLP is a Regional Association that gathers all the National Regulatory Authorities (NRA) for communications and telecommunications of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor.
ARCT-CPLP is a permanent Forum for exchanging information and sharing experiences in the scope of the communications sector regulation. Its mission is to reinforce the historical bonds of friendship and cooperation between the members of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) and promote the development of the economic and business cooperation through projects of common interests, that contribute to create a better institutional and regulatory environment, thus improving sector cooperation and encouraging innovation and communications development.
Interview with Mr. Filipe BATISTA
Associação de Reguladores de Comunicações e Telecomunicações da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (ARCTEL-CPLP), Portugal
at the 16th meeting of the Telecommunication Development Advisory Group (TDAG).
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