(b) Information society Further progress in electronic communications policy and regulation — Pursue and support the implementation of the national policy on the development of the information society sector, — pursue and support the development of a comprehensive regulatory framework that would fulfil effectively all aspects of its mandate. Areas of interest would include: number portability, privacy protection and information security, a state-of-art cost accounting system and subsequent cost-orientation of tariffs, users’ rights, and universal service obligations and management, — liberalise the fixed telephony market and continue the liberalisation of the mobile telephony market according to national priorities, — improve the efficiency of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority by providing capacity building in areas of competition and regulation to ensure fair competition in a de-regulated market. Further progress in the development and use of Information Society applications