Telecommunications Unit
Telecommunications Unit or Telecoms Unit is the technical arm of the Ministry responsible for Telecommunications in Barbados. It is presently under the Ministry of Innovations, Science and Smart Technologies.[1] It is the administrator of the .bb country code top-level domain (ccTLD) since 2007.[2]
Objectives
The objectives of the Telecommunications Unit are as follows:
- To promote liberalization, competition and transparency in national, regional and international telecommunications operations.
- To ensure that spectrum is made available to all approved applicants, in a timely manner.
- To develop and implement regulatory and monitoring policies aimed at encouraging the growth of a sustainable competitive telecommunications sector.
- To encourage technological innovation and modernization of the switched telecommunications network.
- To promote the protection of personal privacy of users and security of transmitted information.
- To ensure policies for the efficient and effective functioning of the telecommunications sector.
- To effectively manage Spectrum, Numbering, Domain names and IP addresses.[1]