The 17th Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF – 17) of the Asia – Pacific Tele-community (APT) commenced today (July 24) under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena.

According to the Asia-Pacific Tele-community, the oiverall objective of PRF is to bring the telecommunications and ICT policy makers and regulatiors from the region together to a common platform for a dialoge on issues faced by as a result of the changes taking place in the telecom and ICT sectors, and to provide an opportunity to share and address key issues of concern to the APT members as well as facilitating inter-regional collaboration on policy and regulatory issues as required.

The summit will be held till 26th of this month.