Swedish Electronic Communications Act
Swedish Electronic Communications Act
Swedish Electronic Communications Act (SFS 2003:389) (aka ‘LEK ‘) (modified in SFS 2012:128) provides the regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services. “The Electronic Communications Act (SFS 2003:389) contains the basic principle that the use of numbering resources from a national plans is subject to a license obligation. The Post- and Telecom Agency (PTS) is given the authority to handle national numbering and addressing plans and provide licenses for these resources.” Ylva Ehn, PTS, 23 of October 2006 #06-13999
It is based on EU directives and became effective on July 25th, 2003. It defines what/who an operator is and what their obligations are. (note: it replaces the earlier Swedish definition of “teleoperator”).
It is relevant to publicly available telephone services in 3 major areas:
- emergency calls (Chapter 5, section 7)[SFS 2003:389]
- number portability (Chapter 5, section 9)[SFS 2003:389], and
- legal intercept (Chapter 6, section 19)[SFS 2003:389]
See also the controversy surrounding the “FRA-lagen” - as per proposition 2006/07:63 – En anpassad försvarsunderrättelseverksamhet
Slide Notes
Swedish Electronic Communications Act (SFS 2003:389), March 2003 http://www.pts.se/Archive/Documents/SE/Lag_2003-389_om_elektronisk_kommunikation.htm Links to an external site.
Transcript
[slide385] Now, the Swedish Electronic Communications Act, which is based on EU directives, has three important sections in it that are relevant to us. One is the requirement to be able to handle emergency calls. One is the requirement for number portability. And the other one is about legal intercept. And some of you also may be aware of this law, often called in Sweden the FRA login, which is about authorizing FRA, the agency that's responsible for radio communications and interception thereof, to be able to look at the content, record the content, decrypt it, store it, etc., etc.