Schedule 1 – Licence Categories

Table A. Network Licences
TABLE A. NETWORK LICENCES
l. Facilities rights
A network licence is required to construct, maintain, own, operate or otherwise make available
any or all of the following facilities –
Facility Market Segment Duration of Licence Type of Licence
  • Earth Stations
  • VSATs
  • Satellite Control Stations
  • Line Links
  • Radio-communications Links
  • Switching Centres
  • Exchange Nodes
  • Towers, masts, antennas, tunnels, ducts, pits, or poles
  • Other (not exempt under the Act)
 International Up to 15 Years Individual
National
Provincial
District
Private Use N/A Class
2. Network services
A network licence is required to supply any of the following network services –
Network service Market Segment Duration of Licence Type of Licence
  • Bandwidth services
  • Public cellular mobile services
  • Switching services
  • International gateway services
  • Facilities access services
  • Broadcasting distribution services
  • Space services
  • Other (not exempt under the Act)
 International Up to 15 Years Individual
National
Provincial
District
Private Use N/A Class
Table B. Applications Licences
TABLE B. APPLICATIONS LICENCES
An applications licence is required to supply any of the following applications services –
Applications service Market Segment Duration of Licence Type of Licence
International connectivity services International Up to 15 Years Individual
  • PSTN telephony services
  • Public switched data services
  • Public cellular services
  • Internet access services
  • IP telephony services
  • Directory services
  • Messaging services
  • Audiotext hosting services
  • Public payphone services
  • Other (not exempt under the Act)
 National Individual
Provincial Individual
District Individual
Community Service N/A Class
Table C. Content Licences
TABLE C. CONTENT LICENCES
A content licence is required to supply any of the following content services –
Content service Market Segment Duration of Licence Type of Licence
Free TV broadcast National Up to 10 Years Individual
Provincial
District
Subscription TV broadcast National
Provincial
District
Radio broadcast National
Provincial
District
TV or radio broadcast Narrow-casting Service N/A Class
TV or radio broadcast Community service