Mozambique has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Mozambique's law and jurisprudence.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Mozambique's law and jurisprudence.

According to Arts. 6-8 of the regulation on the registration of subscriber identification modules (SIM cards), the operators and providers of public telecommunications services are obliged to register the SIM cards of all their subscribers and ensure that subscribers provide correct and reliable information regarding personal data by comparing identification documents or assessing the presented testimonial evidence.

In October 2023, during the municipal elections, reports indicated that WhatsApp was blocked for most users across the country. Additionally, the independent newspaper Ikweli's website was inaccessible for about an hour.

The indicator "6.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 4 in Mozambique for the year 2023. This corresponds to "The government does not typically interfere with the domestic access to the Internet." However, it has been reported that during the local elections in October 2023, authorities interrupted internet access, resulting in a shutdown for approximately three hours.

According to Art. 13 of the Electronic Transactions Act, intermediary service providers must obtain a license to operate in Nigeria. The authorisation of the activities of intermediary service providers is the responsibility of the regulator. According to the glossary of the Act, an intermediary service provider is any person who, on behalf of another, sends, receives or stores data messages. They are those who provide access to or provide services from the network (access providers, content providers, application providers and hosting providers).
According to Art. 7.1 (q) of Decree No. 90/2020, entities intending to become online service providers in Mozambique have to apply for specific licenses, in addition to general licenses to conduct business (commercial license) and also seek approval from the National Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (INTIC) and the Mozambique National Institute for Communications (INCM).

It is reported that to pay for imports, Mozambican firms need to justify their payment to the Bank of Mozambique and obtain authorisation to make foreign payments. This is a common practice but can be lengthy and cause the importer to take more time to process payments.

According to the Decree No. 66/2018 (Art. 9-10), local certification is required for the Mozambique Telecommunication Regulatory Authority to certify the conformity of telecommunication and radio equipment. The Authority recognises the certification carried out by foreign certification authorities in accordance with the Mutual Recognition Agreements.

Art. 65.1 of the Electronic Transactions Law requires the data processor to appoint someone responsible for compliance with the provisions related to electronic personal data protection. The data processor is defined as any public or private person, natural or legal, who electronically requests, collects, processes or stores personal information from or about a data subject.

Mozambique has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

There is no comprehensive regulatory framework for trade secrets in Mozambique, but the Industrial Property Code covers general principles applicable to trade secrets. Art. 213.3 considers it an offence of unlawful competition to remove, disclose or use confidential data or information relating to the production or use of certain products or processes or relating to the provision of services of a competitor without their consent and in a manner which is contrary to honest commercial practices, provided that such information is secret, in the sense that it is not known or easily accessible to persons in circles that usually deal with the kind of information in question, either as a whole or in the specific configuration and assembly of its components; has a commercial value because it is secret; has been subject to reasonable precautions, taken by the person lawfully in control of the information, under the circumstances, to keep it secret.

It is reported that there is an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Mozambique to deliver telecom services to end users. It is practised in both the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements.

Tmcel - Moçambique Telecom SA, a state-owned enterprise, was once the monopoly holder in the telecommunications sector but has since lost its dominant position. Despite its state ownership, Tmcel no longer leads the market, with Vodacom SA now commanding the largest market share, holding 49% of subscribers.

It is reported that Mozambique does not mandate functional or accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.