MINISTRY OF WORKS, TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION • a Regulatory Authority implements the policy and acts as the referee in the market. Restructuring of the telecommunications industry along the lines above requires a set of policy measures which could be summarised as follows: • regulatory functions are separated from operational and policy making functions • the BTC Act of 1980 is amended to allow for competition and a new telecommunications Act which among others establishes a Regulatory Authority is enacted • measures to complement the market forces are introduced e.g. licence conditions and intervention by Government • liberalisation of the industry goes hand in hand with development of the regulatory capacity. 5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY FOR BOTSWANA