Licensing Fees

Popular Licence Types and Associated Fees.

FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulation 4)

INDIVIDUAL LICENCES

LICENCE

CODE

DESCRIPTIONLICENCE FEES 
  

APPLICA-

TION

INITIALANNUAL
PMTPublic Mobile Telecommunications$ 1,000$ 20,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $ 20,000
FPT

Fixed Public

Telecommunications

$ 1,000$ 20,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $ 20,000
PRP

Public Radio

Paging

$ 1,000$ 20,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $ 20,000
INS

Internet

Network/

Services

$ 1,000$ 20,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $ 20,000
SUB

Subscriber

Television

Network/

Services

$  1000$     20,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $ 20,000
SCL

Submarine Cable

Landing

$ 1,000$ 50,000$50,000

SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulation 5)

CLASS LICENCES FEES

 

LICENCE

CODE

DESCRIPTIONLICENCE FEES 
   

APPLICA-

TION

INITIALANNUAL
 MVNMobile Virtual Network Operator/Services$500$5,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $5,000
 RLC

Resale of Leased

Circuits

$500$5,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $5,000
 IPT

Internet Protocol

Telephony

Services

$500$5,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $5,000
 VAS

Value Added

Services

$500$ 5,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $5,000
AVT

Audio Text /

Video Text

$500$ 5,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $5,000 
ISR

International

Simple Voice

Resale

$500$ 2,0003.0% of Gross Annual Revenue, except that the minimum fee shall not be less than $5,000 
PNS

Private Networks/

Services

$500$5,000$2,000 
 

BROADCAST

SYSTEMS

    
BAM

Broadcast AM

Radio Station

$500$500$500 
BFM

Broadcast FM

Radio Station

$500$500$500 
BTV

Broadcast

Television

Station

$500$500$500 
COM

Community FM

Radio Station

$100$100$100 
           

CLASS LICENCE FEES

LICENCE

CODE

DESCRIPTIONLICENCE FEES 
  

APPLICA-

TION

INITIALANNUAL
ARAmateur Radio   
ARN– Novice$ 25$ 50N/A
ARG– General$ 25$ 50N/A
ARA– Advanced$ 25$ 50N/A
ARF– Temporary Call- Sign$ 25$ 50N/A
     
LM

Land Mobile

Radio

$ 200  
LMB– Base Station $75/unit$75/unit
LMR– Repeater $500/unit$500/unit
LMM– Mobile $75/unit$75/unit
LMP– Handheld $50/unit$50/unit
     
MM

Maritime Mobile

Radio

$ 200  
MMB– Base Station $75/unit$75/unit
MMR– Repeater $500/unit$500/unit
MMM– Mobile $75/unit$75/unit
MMP– Handheld $50/unit$50/unit
MMSShip Station   
 

– Ships less than

1600 gross tons

 $300/ship$300/ship
 – Ships at 1600 gross tons or greater $500/ship$500/ship
     
AM

Aeronautical

Mobile Radio

        $ 200  
AMB– Base Station $75/unit$75/unit
AMR– Repeater $500/unit$500/unit
AMM– Mobile $100/unit$100/unit
AMP– Handheld $50/unit$50/unit
AMA– Aircraft Station 

$500/

aircraft

$500/aircraft

THIRD SCHEDULE (Regulation 6)

FREQUENCY AUTHORISATION FEES

LICENCE

CODE

DESCRIPTIONSPECTRUM FEES

APPLI-

CATION

ANNUAL
 
PMTPublic Mobile Telecommunications$ 1,000

$300,000 per Cellular

Operator for the first

15MHz

PMTPublic Mobile Telecommunications$ 1,000For additional frequencies $ 20,000 /MHz per frequency pair
 Public Radio Paging$ 1,000 
PRC–  Commercial $ 600/frequency
PRN–  Non-commercial $ 200/frequency
    
MBLMicrowave Backhaul$ 1,000 
 –  <10 MHz bandwidth $7,000/frequency pair on a link
 – 10 – 20 MHz bandwidth $10,000/frequency pair on a link
 –  >20 – 30 MHz bandwidth $12,000/frequency pair on a link
 –  >30 MHz bandwidth $18,000/frequency pair on a link
    
MCLMicrowave – Cellular Intersite$ 1,000 
  –  <10 MHz bandwidth $5,500/frequency pair on a link
  –   10 – 20 MHz bandwidth $6,000/frequency pair on a link
 –   >20 –30 MHz bandwidth $6,500/frequency pair on a link
 –    >30 MHz bandwidth $15,000/frequency pair on a link
    
MCOMicrowave – other$ 1,000 
 – <10 MHz bandwidth $5,500/frequency pair on a link
  – 10 – 20 MHz bandwidth $6,000/frequency pair on a link
 – >20 – 30 MHz bandwidth $6,500/frequency pair on a link
 – >30 MHz bandwidth $15,000/frequency pair on a link
    
MSR

Microwave-Subscriber TV

Relay

$ 1,000 
 – 6MHz bandwidth $1,000/frequency
VSTVSAT$ 1,000 
 – KU Band $ 12,000/frequency pair
 – C Band $ 15,000/frequency pair
    
BWA

Broadband Wireless Access

(698 MHz to 806 MHz)

$ 1,000$ 20,000/frequency pair
    
FWA

Fixed Wireless Access

(WAN, LAN, PBX etc)

$ 1,000 
 –  <5 MHz bandwidth $ 500/frequency
 –    5 – 10 MHz bandwidth $ 750/frequency
 – >10 –15 MHz bandwidth $ 1,000/frequency
 – >15 MHz bandwidth $ 1,500/frequency
    
SS

Spread Spectrum

Applications

$ 1,000 
SSA–  900MHz FHSS Commercial $ 20,000
  –  900MHz FHSS Non commercial $ 5,000
     
 SSB

Spread Spectrum 2.4GHz

Band

$ 1,000 
  –  FHSS Commercial $ 20,000
  –  FHSS Non commercial $ 6,000
  

–  DSSS Commercial

<10MHz

 $ 7,000
  –  DSSS Commercial   10 – 20 MHz bandwidth $ 10,000
  –  DSSS Commercial >20 – 50 MHz bandwidth $ 15,000
  –  DSSS Commercial   > 50 MHz bandwidth $ 25,000
  –  DSSS Non commercial $ 10,000
 SSC

Spread Spectrum 5.8 GHz

Band

$1,000 
  –  FHSS Commercial  $ 20,000
  –  FHSS Non commercial  $ 6,000
  –  DSSS Commercial  <10 MHz bandwidth  $ 7,000
  –  DSSS Commercial    10 – 20 MHz bandwidth  $ 10,000
  –  DSSS Commercial  >20 – 50 MHz bandwidth  $ 15,000
  –  DSSS Commercial  >50 MHz bandwidth  $ 25,000
  –  DSSS Non commercial  $ 10,000
     
 LMDSLMDS$ 1,000 
  – <125 MHz of Bandwidth  $ 500/frequency block
  –  125 – 250 MHz of bandwidth  $ 750 /frequency block
 – >250 – 500 MHz of bandwidth $ 1,000/frequency block 
 – >500 MHZ of bandwidth $ 1,500/frequency block 
MMDSMMDS$ 1,000$ 500/frequency 
     
SESSatellite Earth Station$ 1,000  
SES3– C Band (annual licence) $ 60,000 per frequency pair 
SES4– Ku Band (annual licence) $ 50,000 per frequency pair 
     
LMFLand Mobile Radio$ 200$ 200 per frequency 
MMFMaritime Mobile Radio$ 200$ 200 per frequency 
AMFAeronautical Mobile Radio$ 200$ 200 per frequency 
     
 BROADCAST SYSTEMS   
BAMBroadcast AM Radio Station$ 500$ 500 per frequency 
BFMBroadcast FM Radio Station$ 500$ 2,000 per frequency 
BTVBroadcast Television Station$ 500$ 3,000 per frequency 
CRSCommunity Radio Station$ 200$ 25 per frequency 
STL1Television STL Microwave$ 500$ 500 per link 
STL2Radio STL Microwave$ 500$ 200 per link 
         

FOURTH SCHEDULE (Regulation 7)

SPECIAL LICENCE

LICENCE

CODE

DESCRIPTIONLICENSE FEES

APPLICA-

TION

ANNUAL
SLSPECIAL LICENSE  
SLE– Emergencies$ 0N/A
SLX– Exigencies$200N/A

FIFTH SCHEDULE (Regulation 9)

MISCELLANEOUS

LICENCE

CODE

DESCRIPTIONLICENCE FEES  
APPLICATIONINITIAL ANNUAL
EXMExamination Fee for Radio Operators$30N/AN/A
SEFInspection Fee$5N/AN/A
TYP-1

Type Approval

Certification

$500N/AN/A

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