State law gives certain telecommunications enterprises tax exemptions and tax credits.
Bell South is the sole telecommunications provider in the state. The Mississippi Public Service Commission has ruled against competition, and the state has not passed legislation allowing competition. A Mississippi Telecommunications Task Force comprising representatives from state agencies, institutions, and the private sector is assessing and making recommendations for a statewide network infrastructure. It will present a strategic technology plan to the legislature's Telecommunications Study Committee in 1996. In 1995 the legislature overrode the governor's veto of a bill creating the Mississippi Telecommunications Conference and Training Center Commission, which is to oversee the establishment of a center in Jackson.