4.4 Sustainability Report: G Aspect

The approach to the management of anti-competitive behaviour at the Company includes a combination of legal, ethical and strategic measures. One of the fundamental legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan by which Kazakhtelecom JSC is guided is the Law “On natural monopolies”.

The Company is included in the republican section of the State register of subjects of natural monopolies and performs the functions of an operator of “universal services”, in connection with which its activities are subject to regulation from the state.

The activities of Kazakhtelecom JSC in the sphere of tariff regulation and compliance with legislation on natural monopolies are carried out under the control of the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the authorised body in the sphere of regulation of natural monopolies and protection of competition. The powers in the sphere of antimonopoly regulation and protection of competition in respect of the Company are also exercised by the Agency for Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Sectoral regulation of activities in the sphere of communications, including licensing, distribution of radio frequency spectrum and technical supervision, is carried out by the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan through the Committee of Telecommunications. Issues of cyber and information security are supervised by the Committee of Information Security at the ministry.