It is reported that the Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

According to Art. 7 of the Telecommunications Network Security Regulation, personal data of the residents in Mozambican territory must be stored within the boundaries of national borders and governed by the jurisdiction of Mozambique. However, the network and public telecommunications service operators can store consumer data in the cloud outside of the territorial space, provided it ensures that the personal data storage is subject to the national jurisdiction and is made available to the authorities upon request.

Mozambique has not joined any free trade agreement committing to open transfers of cross-border data flows.

Mozambique lacks a comprehensive data protection law. However, there are some laws with data protection rules, such as Law No. 3/2017 of 09 January - Electronic Transactions Law and the African Union Convention on Cyber-Security and Personal Data Protection. Towards the end of 2019, Mozambique revised its Penal Code, introducing provisions related to the invasion of privacy.

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.

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

Mozambique is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Mozambique has a copyright regime under the Copyright Act. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 9-20 lists the exceptions, which include reproduction for private purposes; reproduction in the form of a quotation; use for educational purposes; among others.

Mozambique has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

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.

According to Art. 30.1 of Decree No. 79/2022 (which repeals Decree No. 5/2016), the following margins of preference shall apply to domestic bidders: (i) 15% of the contract value, excluding taxes, for public works contracts and contracts for the provision of services to domestic bidders; and (ii) 20% of the contract value, excluding taxes, for goods that are or have been produced in the country.
National or domestically produced products are considered to be those produced entirely in the country or those manufactured which, in the transformation process, must have an incorporation of national factors of at least 35% and, in the case of services, at least 60% of the wage bill must correspond to the remuneration of national workers (Art. 30.2). In addition, in accordance with Art. 30.5, in the case of goods, the producer's declaration model must demonstrate the incorporation of domestic factors, the value of which must correspond to at least 35% of the ex-works price of the finished product.

Mozambique is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.