NOTE: For TYPE APPROVAL please refer to the Type Approval Online System at https://ta.nicta.gov.pg/
Assess which licensing category applies to your proposed operation
Depending on the license, this may include:
- Company registration documents
- Technical description of services and network architecture
- Coverage plans or network rollout
- Spectrum requirement
- Business plan & financial capacity
- Security and data management plan
- Shareholding and ownership disclosure
- Project partnership agreements
- Equipment certification
All licence fees are governed by NICTA’s statutory fees schedule, please refer to PART VI and VII of the NICTA (Operator Licensing) Regulation, 2010.
Applicants may submit electronically or in person to NICTA’s licensing division.
NICTA reviews:
- Technical Capability
- Financial Capability
- Regulatory Compliance
- Spectrum Availability
- Alignment with Public Interest and Sector Development Goals.
Processing time vary depending on licence type.
Successful applicants receive:
- Licence certificate
- Licence number
- Condition of operation
- Compliance obligations
- Annual regulatory fee requirements
General Licensing Checklist
- Completed licence application form
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Business registration extract
- Company shareholder/ownership structure
- Company tax identification number (TIN)
- Business plan
- Proof of financial capacity
- Technical plan (network design, equipment, rollout schedule)
- Spectrum requirements (if applicable)
- ICT equipment standards compliance certificates
- Proposed tariffs (if required)
- Copy of directors’ IDs
Spectrum Licence Checklist
- Technical description of frequency usage
- Equipment specifications (type, power output, antenna gain)
- Link budget study (if microwave or VSAT)
- Coverage analysis maps
- Interference mitigation plan
- Site coordinates for towers/earth stations
Broadcasting Licence Checklist
- Programming and content plan
- Transmission network design
- Studio and transmitter equipment list
- Signal coverage map
- Proof of intellectual property ownership for content
Test & Experimental Licence Checklist
- Purpose of testing
- Duration of trial
- Technical parameters
- Device certification
- Engineering contact person