“To allow the entry of companies like Starlink”Milei said during the announcement. The measure provides for a safe liberalization of prices for Internet services.
Starlink is the global satellite internet services company founded in 2015 by Elon Musk, as part of his space company SpaceX. It is worth remembering that Milei and Musk spoke after the runoff.
In this sense, the Milei decree includes in its Chapter II modifications to the Argentine Digital law (Law No. 27,078) indicating that “the provision of facilities for satellite communications systems will be free.”
Also included:
Subscription broadcasting is “any form of primarily unidirectional communication intended for the transmission of signals to be received by a determinable public, through the use of the radio spectrum or through a physical or satellite link, without distinction. It includes the broadcasting service offered by an ICT service provider that uses audiovisual content transmission technology based on the IP protocol (IPTV), for access to live programs and/or linear television.
It incorporates “as a service that ICT providers may register, the subscription Broadcasting service through any link. The subscription Broadcasting service will be governed by the requirements established by the following articles of this law and the others established by the regulations, the provisions of Law No. 26,522 not being applicable to it. [de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual].
“Registration. The provision of facilities for satellite communications systems will be free. The owners of such systems will be required to register for their operation, for the sole purpose of coordinating the use of radio frequencies and avoiding interference with other systems in accordance with “the regulations issued by the Enforcement Authority. The provision of any ICT Service by satellite will be subject to the general regime for the provision of ICT Services established in this law.”
Other measures of Javier Milei
It is not the only measure of the 30 announced, plus those that are expected to be known after the publication of the decree, which has an impact on the pocketbook or on price control.
Milei also announced that the Supply Law, the Gondola Law and the Price Observatory are repealed; also repeals the rental law; and frees the price of prepaid medicine fees, among others.
One by one, the 30 measures announced by Javier Milei
1. Repeal of the Rental Law: so that the real estate market works smoothly again and so that renting is not an odyssey.
2. Repeal of the Supply Law so that the State never again attacks the property rights of individuals.
3. Repeal of the Gondola Law so that the State stops interfering in the decisions of Argentine merchants.
4. Repeal of the National Purchase Law that only benefits certain power players.
5. Repeal of the Price Observatory of the Ministry of Economy to avoid the persecution of companies.
6. Repeal of the Industrial Promotion Law.
7. Repeal of the Trade Promotion Law.
8. Repeal of the regulations that prevent the privatization of public companies.
9. Repeal of the State companies regime.
10. Transformation of all State companies into public limited companies for subsequent privatization.
11. Modernization of the labor regime to facilitate the process of generating genuine employment.
12. Reform of the Customs Code to facilitate international trade.
13. Repeal of the Land Law to promote investments.
14. Modification of the Fire Management Law.
15. Repeal of the obligations that sugar mills have regarding sugar production.
16. Liberation of the legal regime applicable to the wine sector.
17. Repeal of the national mining trade system and the Mining Information Bank.
18. Authorization for the transfer of the total or partial share package of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
19. Implementation of the open skies policy.
20. Modification of the Civil and Commercial Code to reinforce the principle of contractual freedom between the parties.
21. Modification of the Civil and Commercial Code to guarantee that obligations contracted in foreign currency must be paid in the agreed currency.
22. Modification to the regulatory framework of prepaid medicine and social works.
23. Elimination of price restrictions on the prepaid industry.
24. Incorporation of prepaid medicine companies into the social work regime.
25.Establishment of electronic prescription to streamline service and minimize costs.
26. Modifications to the regime of pharmaceutical companies to promote competition and reduce costs.
27. Modification of the Companies Law so that football clubs can become public limited companies if they so wish.
28.Deregulation of satellite internet services.
29. Deregulation of the tourism sector by eliminating the monopoly of tourism agencies.
30. Incorporation of digital tools for automotive registration procedures.
Source: Ambito
