The Right to Build and Maintain Communication Networks

Abstract

The article investigates the main legal aspects of placing communication lines on property objects that do not belong to the communication operator or subscriber. This problem is complex and is one of the main obstacles to the country’s information development. The goal is to find solutions to overcome obstacles to the implementation of the “Digital Economy” national program in terms of building communication networks. The author applies comparative and formal-dogmatic methods as the major methods, and the functional method is applied fragmentally. The paper reviews Russian legislation within the scope of provisions containing norms on networks and lands of communication. The author analyzes and comments on proposals to amend the relevant sections of the Russian legislation. Also, the paper provides for a brief review of some foreign legislative and local acts dealing with the right of way (wiring, laying) for communication lines. The search for solutions to the problem is based on the key domestic scientific works. The results can be used for further research, legislative and educational process.