In order to inform the general public about activities of the ANC with regard to its responsibilities and roles as the regulator of the communications sector, the ANC publishes in this page, a digest of events in the form of photos and short descriptions.
22/12/2023, Kwer Sunset, Metiaut, Dili – The Ministry of Transport and Communications, through ANC, reviewed ANC's work performance in 2023 and reflected together with managers and staff. Presentations were given on technical work by Eng. Pio Soares; the Development Sector (cybersecurity) by Eng. Fábio de Magalhães; Corporate Services by Director Mr Julião S. dos Reis; consumer protection by Coordinator Mr Nazário Jerónimo; and procurement and contracting by Coordinator Mr Carlito D. Machado. The Minister of Transport and Communications, H.E. Eng. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, MTC leaders, advisers, TIC Timor, AACTL and ANC staff took part.
23–28/11/2023, Brazil – The ANC Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, took part in a seminar run by Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and digital skills in Mercosur.
27/11/2023 – 01/12/2023 – The ANC Technical Director, Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, took part in the ITU Interregional Forum for Europe and Asia-Pacific on CyberDrill in Cyprus, on the topic "On Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and the Role of national CSIRTs in Ensuring Cyber Resillience". The forum also had exercises on how to respond to and defend against cyber attacks, on the "State of Cybersecurity in the Asia-Pacific and Europe Regions". The exercises were run by ITU experts from Asia-Pacific and Europe, to test how teams respond to emergencies.
Many countries from Europe and Asia-Pacific, including Timor-Leste, took part in the interregional forum.
04/12/2023, MTC – The Minister of Transport and Communications, Eng. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, was the inspecting officer at the national flag-raising ceremony, which ANC organised for the first week of December. Managers and staff of the MTC and autonomous agencies took part.
14/11/2023, ANC meeting room – The ANC President, Mr João Olívio Freitas, with the Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, and the Consumer Protection Coordinator, Mr Nazário Jerónimo, received a visit from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI), supported by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which has started work on an e-commerce policy for Timor-Leste. They discussed consultations for a national e-commerce strategy.
09/11/2023, ANC hall – The Ministry of Transport and Communications, through ANC, held a coordination meeting with the Ministry of Education on satellite Internet for school connectivity, provided by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) through INTELSAT. Five schools will be chosen to receive free Internet for three years. The meeting was led by ANC President Mr João Olívio Freitas, with the MTC Chief of Staff, directors and advisers.
07/11/2023, Suai Room, Timor Plaza – The ANC Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, the Consumer Protection Coordinator, Mr Nazário Jerónimo, and the Legal Adviser, Mr Adilson Semedo, took part in a consultation on the national e-commerce strategy. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry held this technical discussion on seven areas: framework and institutional coordination, legal and regulatory frameworks, ICT infrastructure, electronic payment solutions, access to finance, trade logistics and digital entrepreneurship. The aim is to improve the business environment, policies and rules for e-commerce.
26/10/2023, MTC Hall – The ANC President, Mr João Olívio Freitas, and his team attended the handover and launch of the "National Connectivity Project (NCP) VII" and the signing of a public procurement contract ("Improved Global Internet Access to 1 Gbps"). The contract between the Ministry of Transport and Communications and Telkomcel Indonesia is an important step to finish NCP VII and to start raising global Internet access from 200 Mbps to 1 Gbps, providing Internet to 599 government agencies across Timor-Leste. Members of the government, including SECOMS H.E. Mr Expedito Dias Ximenes, the Minister of Youth and Sports H.E. Mr Nélio Isaac, and the Minister of Justice H.E. Mr Amândio de Sá Benevides, the CEO of PT Telkomcel, TIC Timor, ANATL, APORTIL, AACTL, telecom operators and others attended.
24/10/2023, GMN Multipurpose Hall, Bebora – The ANC Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, and the Procurement and Contracting Coordinator, Mr Carlito Dinis Machado, attended the seminar "Hybrid Multicloud Driving Business Transformation" by the company Esperansa Timor Oan (ETO-TELCO). The aim was to share information on ICT to help build digital systems in Timor-Leste. The Minister of Transport and Communications, H.E. Eng. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, TIC Timor I.P., GMN President Mr Jorge Serrano, TradeInvest Timor-Leste, staff of the National Parliament and Ministry of Finance, telecom operators, students from UNTL, UNPAZ and IOB, and ICT groups in Timor-Leste attended.
11/10/2023, Baucau Convention Centre – Under the cooperation between ANC and the Consumer Protection Association of Timor-Leste (TANE KONSUMIDOR), set up on 9 May 2022 to protect consumer rights in telecom services, ANC and TANE KONSUMIDOR continued to explain ANC's role and duties under Decree-Law No. 15/2012 of 28 March, this time in Baucau Municipality. The main aim was to share information on consumer rights in telecom services. Participants included the Chief of Staff of the Baucau Municipal Authority, Mr Carolino Marques, representing its President, post administrators, village chiefs, youth leaders, people with disabilities, civil society, PDHJ, students, PNTL, F-FDTL, health staff, representatives of Timor Telecom, Telkomcel and Telemor, and other agencies.
20/09/2023, MTC Hall – The ANC President, Mr João Olívio Freitas, and his team took part in the review meeting to prepare the 2024 annual plan of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) and presented ANC's 2024 budget plan to the Minister. The meeting was led by the Minister, Eng. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, with directors-general, national directors, heads of department and the agencies under the MTC: ANC, TIC Timor, ANATL, AACTL and APORTIL.
18/09/2023, MTC Hall – ANC and ANACOM, Portugal's communications authority, ran a one-week training, 18–22 September 2023, on "Cooperation on Cybersecurity and the Security and Integrity of Electronic Communications Networks and Services", for technical staff from ANC, TIC Timor, DNIC and the three operators Timor Telecom, Telemor and Telkomcel. The aim was to learn how to audit telecom networks and services to make sure networks are secure.
The training is part of the bilateral technical cooperation between ANC and ANACOM. The MoU was signed in 2021 and put into practice in 2022, when ANC technical staff went to ANACOM for training; last June, ANACOM experts came to Timor-Leste to train ANC staff on analysing and studying service quality and network coverage in Timor-Leste.
15/09/2023, ANC meeting room – The Ministry of State Administration, through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), sent an adviser and an international UNDP consultant to meet the ANC Technical Director, Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, with the Legal Adviser, Mr Adilson Semedo, and the Principal Adviser, Mr José Lay. The consultants presented plans for an e-governance strategy for Timor-Leste's municipalities. This is part of the project "Strengthening Integral Local Development by Building the Capacities of the Municipal Authorities", which supports decentralisation by building local capacity.
13/09/2023, ANC meeting room – The ANC Technical Director, Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, with the Principal Adviser, Mr José Lay, and the Legal Adviser, Mr Adilson Semedo, met a team from SERVE, I.P. SERVE asked about implementing Decree-Law No. 83/2023 of 22 November, because some institutions and regulators do not yet have laws or rules for economic activities that need sector licences. SERVE also asked about the work of telecom operators in Timor-Leste.
12/09/2023, ANC meeting room – The ANC Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, with HR and logistics staff Ms Adélia dos Reis Kebo and Ms Carmelita Tolentino, met a team from the Directorate-General for State Property Management on monitoring and evaluating fleet management in ministries and state institutions, based on the fleet policy in Decree-Law No. 80/2022 on state vehicles. The aim is to measure how productively state vehicles are used, as a basis for stricter management, better efficiency and effectiveness, and an integrated training policy for officials.
08/09/2023, MTC Hall – The ANC Technical Director, Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, and the Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, took part in the MTC's 2024 programme adjustment meeting, where the autonomous agencies and directorates under the MTC adjusted their 2024 programmes to the IX Constitutional Government's programme.
The meeting was led by the Minister, Eng. Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu, with directors-general, national directors, municipal directors, ANC, TIC Timor, ANATL, AACTL and APORTIL.
25/08/2023, Dili Institute of Technology (DIT) – ANC technical regulator Eng. Fábio de Magalhães was the main speaker at a networking workshop for students of the Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science and Engineering. He shared information on ANC's role in the telecom sector and its cybersecurity work. The aim was to improve students' knowledge through "security awareness and sharing cyber threats informations".
18/08/2023, Viqueque Municipal Administration Hall – The Ministry of Transport and Communications, through ANC, with the TANE KONSUMIDOR association, explained ANC's role and duties under Decree-Law No. 15/2012 of 28 March and consumer rights in telecom services. ANC has already held these sessions in Manufahi, Lautém (Los Palos) and Ermera and plans to visit every municipality, to share the information people need when they use telecom services. Participants included a representative of the Viqueque Municipal Administrator, post administrators, village chiefs, youth leaders, people with disabilities, civil society, students, PNTL, representatives of Timor Telecom, Telkomcel and Telemor, autonomous agencies, DNIC and others.
11/08/2023, Suai Room, Timor Plaza – ANC held a national seminar on "Girls in ICT Day Timor Leste 2023", with the theme "Digital Skills for Life". The main aim was to grow young women's knowledge of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), and to encourage girl students to plan their education well, so that when they finish secondary school they have the knowledge to continue to university in STEM fields.
The programme was supported by ITU and partners such as the Australian Embassy in Dili and JICA, and sponsors Metrolink, Timor Telecom, Telemor and Telkomcel. Guests included the Secretary of State for Equality and Inclusion, H.E. Ms Elvina de Sousa Carvalho; the ITU Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Dr Atsuko Okuda; a representative of the Australian Ambassador; the JICA Chief Representative, Mr Ito Mimpei; UNICEF; the operators Timor Telecom, Telkomcel and Telemor; ISPs; TIC Timor; AACTL; ANATL; APORTIL; secondary students; academia and others.
08/08/2023, EDTL.EP meeting room, Caicoli – Following guidance from the Secretary of State for Electricity, Water and Sanitation about disorganised fibre-optic cables in Dili and the municipalities, the EDTL.EP Executive Commissioner for Technical Services, Eng. Latino Jerónimo, and the President of the Dili Municipal Authority, Ms Guilhermina Filomena Saldanha, called a coordination meeting with the Ministry of Public Works, ANC, the telecom operators (Timor Telecom, Telkomcel and Telemor), ISPs and TIC Timor. They discussed public concern about cables on electricity poles that hang down and fall onto pavements, putting people at risk. EDTL.EP gave the operators two weeks to identify their fibre-optic cables on electricity poles and install them to the existing standard.
01–04/08/2023, MTC Conference Hall – ANC, with senior trainers Mr Imtiaz Sajid and Mr Makito Lay from APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre), ran a four-day workshop on IPv6 deployment and IXP deployment for technical staff of relevant bodies, to raise their knowledge and skills for advanced technology. PNTL, TIC Timor, the Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC), the Central Bank of Timor-Leste (BCTL), DNIC, the operators Timor Telecom, Telemor and Telkomcel, ISPs, academia, ANC technical regulators and others took part.
28/07/2023, MTC Conference Hall – The President of the ANC Board, Mr João Olívio Freitas, and his team took part in a meeting to prepare for the review committee for the 2023 amended budget, led by the Minister of Transport and Communications, H.E. Mr Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu. Institutions under the MTC, such as ANC, AACTL, ANATL, APORTIL, DNIC, the Meteorology Directorate and TIC Timor, attended.
18–20/07/2023, MTC Conference Hall – ANC, with partner Welchman Keen, ran a three-day "Governance, Risk and Compliance Capacity Building Workshop". Two Welchman Keen experts came to Timor-Leste to give cybersecurity training to relevant bodies, including PNTL, TIC Timor, the Anti-Corruption Commission (CAC), the Central Bank (BCTL), DNIC, ANC technical regulators and others.
03/07/2023, MTC Conference Hall, Caicoli – The President of the ANC Board, Mr João Olívio Freitas, with the Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião S. dos Reis, the Consumer Protection Coordinator, Mr Nazário P. Jerónimo, and the UAC Coordinator, Mr Carlito Dinis Machado, attended the handover of work and reports from the outgoing Minister, Mr José Agustinho da Silva, to the current Minister of Transport and Communications, H.E. Mr Miguel Marques Gonçalves Manetelu.
19/10/2023, MTC Conference Hall – The ANC President, Mr João Olívio Freitas, and his team attended the ceremony handing over the posts of directors and heads in the MTC central directorates, based on Public Service Commission decision No. 5740/2023/CFP.
30/06/2023, MTC Hall, Caicoli – The ANC executive team, the Board President Mr João Olívio Freitas, the Technical Director Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, the Corporate Services Director Mr Julião S. dos Reis and advisers, with ANC staff, held a farewell for H.E. Mr José Agustinho da Silva, Minister of Transport and Communications, who completed his term for 2019–2023.
21–23/06/2023, Suai Room, Timor Plaza – The Ministry of Transport and Communications, through ANC, with ARCTEL (the Association of Communications and Telecommunications Regulators of the CPLP), held the 12th Exchange Meeting of Portuguese-Speaking Communications Authorities (RIA 2023), on the theme "Submarine Cables: Regulating Connectivity". The meeting was a chance to exchange ideas and experience on submarine cables with CPLP regulators, as Timor-Leste is now investing in a fibre-optic cable. The President of the Republic, José Ramos-Horta, the Minister of Transport and Communications, José Agustinho da Silva, ministries, autonomous agencies, PNSIK, PCIC, telecom operators and academia attended.
15/06/2023, Maubara Room, Timor Plaza – Under the cooperation between ANC and ANACOM (Portugal), ANACOM technical staff trained ANC technical regulators on assessing mobile network QoS and QoE in Timor-Leste over four days (15, 16, 19 and 20 June 2023).
09/06/2023, MTC Hall – The ANC Technical Director, Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, and the Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, attended the launch of the final report of a study on citizens' access to the media in Timor-Leste, organised by MAPKOMS at the MTC hall, Caicoli, Dili.
15–16/05/2023, Hotel Timor – The ANC President, Mr João Olívio Freitas, with the Technical Director, Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, the Principal Adviser, Mr José Lay, and the Legal Adviser, Mr Adilson Semedo, took part in a workshop on cybercrime organised by the Ministry of Justice and the Council of Europe's Global Action on Cybercrime Extended project (GLACY+). The main aim was to strengthen state bodies and the use of cybercrime and electronic-evidence laws, and to make the law work well for international cooperation.
14/04/2023, Don Bosco Hall, Comoro, Dili – The ANC Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, with Mr Fausto Belo from Human Resources, attended the graduation of trainees from the Don Bosco Comoro Vocational Training Centre for the 2022 academic year. Level I certificates were given in general construction and general administration, and level II certificates in administration, auto mechanics, electricity, welding, carpentry, masonry, plumbing and air conditioning.
04/04/2023, ANC meeting room – The Ministry of Transport and Communications, with ANC, held a coordination meeting on the quality of telecom services with the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the three operators Timor Telecom, Telemor and Telkomcel.
27–31/03/2023, São Tomé and Príncipe – The ANC delegation from Timor-Leste, led by the Technical Administrator, Mr Vidal dos Santos Gomes, with the Non-Executive Administrator, Mr Fernando da Silva, and the Legal Adviser, Dr Adilson Semedo, took part in the 15th General Assembly of ARCTEL and the 13th CPLP Communications Forum. They discussed the review of ARCTEL's statutes, the postal sector in regulation and the CPLP Communications Forum, with the member regulators ANACOM (Portugal), ANATEL (Brazil), ARME (Cabo Verde), INCM (Mozambique), INACOM (Angola), ARN (Guinea-Bissau), AGER (São Tomé and Príncipe), ANC (Timor-Leste) and ORTEL (Equatorial Guinea).
30/03/2023, Dili Convention Centre (CCD) – The ANC President, Mr João Olívio Freitas, the Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, and staff attended the official launch of the Damri bus "Babadok Express", launched by President José Ramos-Horta with the Minister of Transport and Communications, José Agustinho da Silva, the Indonesian Ambassador, Okto Dorinus Manik, the President of the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Timor-Leste (AEMTL), Herigui Luina Alves, the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jorge Manuel de Araújo Serrano, and the Vice-Minister of Commerce and Industry, Domingos Lopes Antunes, for the first Dili–Kupang (Indonesia) service.
24/03/2023, MTC Hall, Caicoli – The ANC President, Mr João Olívio Freitas, attended the swearing-in of the President of the APORTIL.IP Board, Mr Feliciano da Costa Correia, for 2023–2025, replacing Mr Lamartino de Oliveira.
23/03/2023, Delta Nova – The ANC Corporate Services Director, Mr Julião Soares dos Reis, with Mr Fausto Belo from Human Resources, attended the launch of a book on the evaluation of the Human Capital Development Fund (FDCH) programme for 2015–2020, and the FDCH's 12th anniversary (23 March 2011 – 23 March 2023).
