The Universal Services Law (Law No. 5369) was amended in light of the Electronic Communications Law (Law No. 5809) on 11 November 2008. Accordingly, the ‘purpose' of this Law now includes the maintenance of universal services in the electronic communications sector, in addition to the other sectors provided therein. Some definitions have been slightly amended while some new definitions namely, "infrastructure", "marine communication services", "sea route transportation services" and "navigation security communication services" have been added.

Another amendment concerns operators. Operators, who are aiming to provide infrastructure materials and their installation that are necessary for the prevalence of information technology, internet infrastructure, terrestrial digital publishing and transportation by sea of passengers are no longer required to be authorised by the Information and Communication Technologies Authority.

Provisions of the Law in relation to the revenues from these universal services and the net costs of the universal services have also been amended. These amendments, while keeping the ratios required to be reported and transferred to the Ministry of Transportation and its relevant office, also have attempted to provide further clarification on the relevant sections. Furthermore, the Law also provides an exemption to the requirement on becoming a universal services provider and the requirement on net costs. The Law also includes an additional provision (Supplementary Article 1) setting out which dates should be used for the calculation of the yearly net sales revenue and for the exemption there under.