Information and Communication Technologies (Licensing and Fees) Regulations 2003 GN 97/2003

Information and Communication Technologies (Licensing and Fees) Regulations 2003
GN 97/2003
THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ACT 2001
Regulations made by the Minister, after consultation with the Board of the Authority, under section 48
of the Information and Communication Technologies Act 2001
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Information and Communication Technologies (Licensing and
Fees) Regulations 2003.
2. In these regulations -
"Act" means the Information and Communication Technologies Act 2001;
"annual fee" means the fee mentioned in the fourth column of the Schedule and payable annually in respect of
a licence;
"application fee" means the fee payable to the Authority for the processing of an application for a licence;
"initial fee" means a fee mentioned in the third column of the Schedule and payable to the Authority upon the
grant of a licence;
3. Any person who wishes to operate an information and communication network or provides an information and
communication service shall, notwithstanding any other enactment, apply for the appropriate licence specified
in the Act and reproduced in the Schedule to these regulations.
4. A licence issued by the Authority shall be of such duration as shall be specified in the licence.
5. A non-refundable application fee of Rs 2,000 shall be paid to the Authority upon application for a commercial or
private network licence specified in the Schedule.
6. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), where the Authority grants a licence, it shall issue such licence
upon payment by the applicant of the initial fee.
(2) Where, upon an application for a licence, the Authority grants the application, the applicant shall, not
later than 3 months from the date on which the application was granted, take out a licence subject
matter of the application.
(3) Where an applicant fails to comply with paragraph (2), the Authority may rescind its decision, unless the
applicant has, on or before the expiry of the period of 3 months, applied to the Authority for an
extension of time by giving reasonable grounds for his inability to operate the information and
communication network or to provide the information and communication service within the specified.
period.
(4) Where the Authority grants an application for extension of time under paragraph (2), the applicant shall
operate the information and communication network or provide the information and communication
service within a period fixed by the Authority but not exceeding 3 months, failing which the Authority
shall rescind its decision and no further request for an extension shall be entertained.
7. (1) Subject to regulation 10, every licensee shall pay to the Authority an annual fee on the date of issue of
the licence and thereafter not later than 15 days before the anniversary date of the licence.
(2) Where a licensee has paid the annual fee prior to the coming into operation of these regulations, he shall,
subject to regulation 10: pay the appropriate annual fee specified in the Schedule not later than 15 days before
the anniversary of the licence.
(3) Where a new licence has been issued in replacement of a licence which has been surrendered to the Authority
pursuant to section 51 of the Act, the anniversary date of the new licence shall be deemed to be the
anniversary date of the surrendered licence.
8. The annual fee in respect of SPL.10 to SPL.39 type licences specified in the Schedule shall, where the
licensee is assigned the exclusive use of the frequency band, be 3 times the corresponding annual fee
specified for that licence.
9. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), where the Authority has granted a licence for a period of not more than 3
months, the fee payable in respect of that licence shall be half the annual fee.
(2) Where the Authority grants a RA25 (Radio Amateur Visitor's) licence for a period of not more than 6
months, the licensee shall be exempt from payment of the annual fee.
10. Where an annual fee is in excess of Rs 100,000 rupees, the Authority may authorise that the fee be paid in 12
monthly equal instalments, the first instalment being payable upon issue of the licence and each remaining
instalment being payable at latest on the first day of each subsequent month.
11. Where a licensee fails to pay the annual fee, or any instalment, as the case may be, within the time specified in
these regulations, he shall in addition to the amount due, pay a surcharge of 10 percent.
12. Where the annual fee remains unpaid for a period of 90 days as from the date the fee is due, the Authority may
revoke the licence in accordance with the Act.
13. The licensee shall -

(1) refer for determination by the Authority, any question of interpretation arising under his licence;
(2) be bound by any determination made by the Authority pursuant to a reference made under paragraph
(a), until such time as the Tribunal or a court of competent jurisdication decides otherwise.
14. Where a licensee provides a telecommunications service or operates a telecommunication network, he shall
within 14 days of the start of the provision or operation, notify the Authority in writing.
15. Where the licensee terminates the provision of a telecommunication service or the operation of a network, he
shall within 28 days of the termination, notify the Authority of the termination in writing.
16. The following regulations are revoked -

The Telecommunication (Licensing Fees) Regulations 2000
17. These regulations shall come into operation on 21 July 2003.
Made by the Minister, after consultation with the Board of the Authority, on 14 July 2003.
SCHEDULE
(regulation 2)
CATEGORY 1: COMMERCIAL
Type Description Initial Fees Annual Fees
(Rs) (Rs)
A Network Infrastructure Provider:
To own and provide network infrastructure facilities to service providers

and not to the public. The facilities shall include earth stations,
cables, wireless equipment, towers, posts, ducts, .
and pits used in conjunction with other communication infrastructure
and distribution facilities including facilities for broadcasting
distributions, and does not include services such as provision of 100,000 50,000
bandwidth or any other services covered by this Schedule.
B Networking Services Provider
B.01 Networking Services Provider (National):
To provide networking services for national traffic, such as provision of

bandwidth to service providers and not to the public. The service
providers may either set up the physical infrastructure themselves or
take the infrastructure from network infrastructure providers, but they
shall not perform any activities covered under types B.02, C and D
licences. 1,000,000 1,000,000
B.02 Networking Services Provider (International):
To provide networking services for international traffic of Internet

service providers and Internet telephony service providers, such as
provision of bandwidth to Internet service providers and Internet
telephony service providers and not to the public. The service providers
may either set up the physical infrastructure themselves or take the
infrastructure from network infrastructure providers, but they shall not
perform any activities covered under types C and D licences 2,000,000 2,000,000
C
Network Application Services Provider
C.01 GMPCS:
To establish and operate Global Mobile Personal Communication

System (GMPCS) by satellite for the public, whereby the network is
satellite based and the satellite coverage extends over the territory of
Mauritius. 6,000,000 6,000,000
C.02 PSTN:
To establish and operate a Public Switched (fixed) Telephone Network

(PSTN) and service to the public. 8,000,000 8,000,000
C.03 PLMN:
To establish and operate a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and

service to the public. 8,000,000 8,000,000
C.04 lLD:
To establish and operate an International Long Distance (lLD) network

and service to the public. 3,000,000 2,000,000
C.05 PMRTS:
To establish and operate a Public Mobile Radio Trunking System

(PMRTS) and service to the public 20,000 20,000
C.06 Audiotex Service:
To operate a kiosk for the hosting of audiotex services whereby these

services are accessed by the public via a fixed or mobile public
telecomnlunication network. 50,000 50,000
C.07 Data Service:
To establish and operate data services whereby these services are

accessed by the public via a fixed or mobile public telecommunication
network. 50,000 50,000
C.08 Internet Service:
To provide Internet services to the public. The service providers may

either use the public telecommunication network or set up their own last
mile from their point of presence to the subscriber using any
appropriate technology after taking the necessary spectrum licence
where applicable. Nil 50,000
C.09 Internet Telephony Service:
To provide Internet telephony services to the public. The service

providers shall use the Internet as the medium for voice conversation
using (i) computers, (ii) a computer to a telephone abroad (iii) a
telephone in Mauritius to a telephone abroad. No call shall be
terminated on a PSTN/PLMN telephone in Mauritius or, any media
gateway be established between the Internet and a PSTN/PLMN
network of Mauritius. 1,000,000 1,000,000
C.10 Facsimile Service:
To establish and operate switched or store and forward facsimile

services accessible by the public via a public telecommunication
network. 50,000 50,000
C.11 Radio Paging Service:
To establish and operate a paging network and service to the public. 50,000 50,000
C.12 Payphone Service:
To establish and operate payphone services to be accessed by the

public. 50,000 50,000
C.13 UMS:
To establish and operate a Unified Messaging Service (UMS) system to

be accessed by the public. 50,000 50,000
C.14 Alarm Monitoring Service:
To establish and operate an alarm monitoring network and service for

the public, based on a public telecommunication network or private
radio network. 20,000 10,000
D Value Added Services:
To provide value added network application services to the public. This

would include services such as electronic commerce and tele-trading.
50,000 50,000
E Dealers' Licence:
Includes selling, exposing or offering for sale or hire a radio

communication or telecommunication apparatus or device. Nil 5,000
Amended by [GN No. 208 of 2003]
CATEGORY 2: PRIVATE NETWORK

Type Description Initial Fees Annual Fee
(Rs) (Rs)
PVT To establish private networks which are used by organisations or Nil Nil
corporate entities for their internal use only and which do not have any
connectivity to a public PSTN or PLMN network. The private networks
shall be set up using only the telecommunication resources of the
network owner.
CATEGORY 3: ENGINEERING
Licences are issued for spectrum or frequency usage and for the use of radio apparatus or device. Spectrum or radio
apparatus or device may be used by the licensed telecommunication network operators or telecommunication service
providers or by private users for their private network.
Station licences
(Rs) (Rs)
RA01 Aeronautical Base Station (erp less than 5 W) Nil 1,000
RA02 Aeronautical Base Station (erp equal to or more than 5 W but less than Nil 2,500
100 W)
RA03 Aeronautical Base Station (erp equal to or more than 100 W) Nil 5,000
RAO4 Aircraft Station (maximum aircraft take off weight equal to or more than Nil 5,000
14,000 kg)
RAO5 Aircraft Station (maximum aircraft take off weight more than 3,200 but Nil 3,000
less than 14,000 kg)
RA06 Aircraft Station (maximum aircraft take off weight up to 3,200 kg) Nil 1,000
RAO7 Coast Station. Nil 30 000
RAO8 Port Station Nil 10,000
RAO9 VHF Maritime Base Station. Nil 3,000
RA10 Ship Station (Full Licence). Nil 3,000
RA11 Ship Station (VHF only). Nil 1,500
RA12 Private Mobile Radio Base Station 1,500 1,500
RA13 Private Mobile Radio (Repeater Station) Licence (where the licensee
has been assigned the shared use of frequencies in a private mobile
radio network or in a Private Access Mobile Radio Network). 2,500 2,500
RA14 Inmarsat Mobile Earth Station (Types A, B, C, M and Mini-M). 1,000 Nil
RA15 Radiolocation/Radiodetermination station. 50,000 50,000
RA16 Earth Station (in a fixed satellite service). 50,000 50,000
RA16A Portable Satellite communication terminal. 50,000 50,000
RA17 Telemetry, Command and Ranging (TCR) Satellite Earth Station. 50,000 50,000
RA18 Disaster recovery station. 50,000 Nil
Apparatus licences
RA19 Extended Radio-based Private Network device (ELAN/WLAN beyond 1 10,000 2,000 per
Km range and/or EIRP > 20 dBm). device
RA20 Radio Paging Transmitter. Nil 2,500
RA21 Local Area Private Radio Paging. Nil 1,000
RA22 Model Radio Control. Nil 1,000
RA23 Radio Amateur Licence (class A). Nil 500
RA24 Radio Amateur Licence (class B). Nil 300
RA25 Radio Amateur Visitor's Licence. 1,000 500
RA26 Radio Telemetry System Nil 1,000
per device
RA27 Low Power Radio Devices Nil 1,000
per device
RA28 Data Terminating Radio Devices operating in the band 2.4 to 3.5 GHz Nil 1,000
per device
RA29 Data Terminating Radio Devices operating in the band 4.5 to 5.7 GHz Nil 1,000
per device
RA30 Local Multipoint Distribution (LMD) transmitter (eirp equal to or more
than 5 W operating in the band 2.4 to 3.5 GHz) 30,000 30,000
RA31 Local Multipoint Distribution (LMD) transmitter(eirp equal to or more
than 1 W but less than 5 W, operating in the band 2.4 to 3.5 GHz) 30,000 30,000
RA32 Local Multipoint Distribution (LMD) transmitter (eirp less than 1 W
operating in the band 2.4 to 3.5 GHz) 25,000 25,000
than 5 W operating in the band 4.5 to 5.7 GHz) 20,000 20,000
than 1 W but less than 5 W, operating in the band 4.5 to 5.7 GHz) 20,000 20,000
RA35 Local Multipoint Distribution (LMD) transmitter (eirp less than 1 W
operating in the band 4.5 to 5.7 GHz) 20,000 20,000
RA36 MF/HF Radio Broadcasting Transmitter. 10,000 7,000
RA37 VHFFM Radio Broadcasting Transmitter (eirp equal to or more than 1
kW) 10,000 5,000
RA38 VHFFM Radio Broadcasting Transmitter (eirp equal to or more than
200 W but less than 1 kW) 8,000 3,000
RA39 VHF FM Radio Broadcasting Transmitter (eirp less than 200 W) 5,000 2,000
RA40 Television Broadcasting Transmitter (eirp equal to or more than 1 kW) 20,000 20,000
RA41 Television Broadcasting Transmitter (eirp equal to or more than 100 W
but less than 1 kW) . 15,000 12,000
RA42 Television Broadcasting Transmitter (eirp less than 100 W) 10,000 8,000
RA43 Private Mobile Radio Apparatus (Mobile/Portable Station) Nil 300
RA44 VSAT/USAT (C, Ku, Ka band operation) 50,000 50,000
RA45 Temporary test licence for frequency usage. 5,000 Nil
Network Spectrum Licences

(Rs) (Rs)
SPL.1 Network Spectrum Licence (operating in the frequency band below I 10,000 per 100 10,000 per
GHz). KHz per 100 KHz per
occupied occupied
channel channel
bandwidth bandwidth
SPL.2 Network Spectrum Licence (operating in the frequency band equal to or 30,000 per 100 30,000 per
more than 1 GHz but less than 3 GHz). KHz per 100 KHz per
occupied occupied
channel channel
bandwidth bandwidth
more than 3GHz but less than 10 GHz). KHz per 100 KHz per
occupied occupied
channel channel
bandwidth bandwidth
more than 10 GHz). KHz per 100 KHz per
occupied occupied
channel channel
bandwidth bandwidth
Fixed Radio Spectrum Licences

(Rs) (Rs)
SPL.10 Radio-Relay Link Licence (operating in the frequency band below 1
GHz with bandwidth less than 12.5 kHz). 5,000 5,000
GHz with bandwidth equal to or more than 12.5 kHz but less than 25
kHz). 8,000 8,000
GHz with bandwidth equal to or more than 25 kHz but less than 50
kHz). 10,000 10,000
GHz with bandwidth equal to or more than 50 kHz but less than 100
kHz). 15,000 15,000
SPL.14 Radio-Relay Link Licence (operating in the frequency band below 1GHz
with bandwidth equal to or more than 100 kHz). 20,000 20,000
SPL.15 Radio-Relay Link Licence (operating in the frequency band equal to or
more than 1 GHz but less than 3 GHz with bandwidth less than I MHz). 42,000 42,000
more than 1 GHz but less than 3 GHz with bandwidth equal to or more
than 1 MHz but less than 7 MHz). 63,000 63,000
than 28 MHz). 126,000 126,000
more than 3 GHz but less than 5 GHz with bandwidth less than 1 MHz). 30,000 30,000
than 28 MHz). 90,000 90,000
more than 5 GHz but less than 8 GHz with bandwidth less than 1 MHz). 24,000 24,000
than 28 MHz). 72,000 72,000
more than 8 GHz but less than 10 GHz with bandwidth less than 1.
MHz). 18,000 18,000
than 1. MHz but less than 7 MHz). 27,000 27,000
than 28 MHz). 54,000 54,000
more than 10 GHz with bandwidth less than I MHz). 12,000 12,000
more than 10 GHz with bandwidth equal to or more than I MHz but less
than 7 MHz). 18,000 18,000
more than 10 GHz with bandwidth equal to or more than 7 MHz but less
than 14 MHz). 24,000 24,000
more than 10 GHz with bandwidth equal to or more than 14 MHz but
less than 28 MHz). 30,000 30,000
In9re than 10 GHz with bandwidth equal to or more than 28 MHz). 36,000 36,000

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THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ACT 2001

"Act" means the Information and Communication Technologies Act 2001;

13. The licensee shall -

16. The following regulations are revoked -

17. These regulations shall come into operation on 21 July 2003.

To own and provide network infrastructure facilities to service providers

B Networking Services Provider

B.01 Networking Services Provider (National):

To provide networking services for national traffic, such as provision of

To provide networking services for international traffic of Internet

To establish and operate Global Mobile Personal Communication

To establish and operate a Public Switched (fixed) Telephone Network

To establish and operate a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and

To establish and operate an International Long Distance (lLD) network

To establish and operate a Public Mobile Radio Trunking System

To operate a kiosk for the hosting of audiotex services whereby these

To establish and operate data services whereby these services are

To provide Internet services to the public. The service providers may

To provide Internet telephony services to the public. The service

To establish and operate switched or store and forward facsimile

To establish and operate payphone services to be accessed by the

To establish and operate a Unified Messaging Service (UMS) system to

To establish and operate an alarm monitoring network and service for

To provide value added network application services to the public. This

Includes selling, exposing or offering for sale or hire a radio

CATEGORY 2: PRIVATE NETWORK

Network Spectrum Licences

Type Description Initial Fees Annual Fees

Fixed Radio Spectrum Licences

Type Description Initial Fees Annual Fees

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