 The State Informatics Limited was also set up in 1989 initially to help in the computerization of the Civil Service.in 1992, the Prime Minister of Mauritius said that he was firmly opposed to opening the hertzian waves to foreign television, and that his government "would not accord this liberty to foreigners".By 1997, the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications was created to formulate and implement policies regarding the development of the ICT sector.