Ruling Victory Front (FpV) party senators have managed to approve several amendments to the so called “Argentina Digital” telecommunications draft bill sending the project back for committee debate.
The Kirchnerite bloc headed by Miguel Ángel Pichetto decided on some amendments to the bill that will now have to be revised at the Systems, Media and Freedom of Expression Senate Committee headed by Liliana Fellner.
The Jujuy province-native senator has called for a meeting of the committee for today to brief senators on the amendments of the bill which declares the use and access of telecommunications networks a “public service” allowing tariff regulations in the market.
A controversial point of the project, “Argentina Digital” authorizes telephone companies to provide audiovisual communication services. Opposition MPs have questioned the benefit for these companies saying it contradicts the country´s new media legislation.
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