OBS_VALUE: To provide communication services, legal entity must be registered in the territory of the RK. This requirement was introduced to the Law on communications with effect from 01 January 2016. Communication services on the territory of the RK could be provided only by residents of the RK. Relevant amendment was introduced in the Law on communications in 2017. Also, under Law on national security foreign legal entities and foreigners have no right to manage or operate backbone networks without incorporation in the RK. It is also prohibited to create and operate on the territory of the RK telecommunication networks managed from abroad. 