In accordance with Section 63(5) of the Post and Telegraph Act Chapter 47:01 and sections 18 and 61 of the Telecommunications Act 1990 (No. 27 of 1990), the Hon. Minister of Public Works and Communications has made regulations prescribing annual fees for the various services. These fees, are set out in the Official Gazettes of June 19, 1999 (Order No. 6 of 1999), March 23, 2002 (Order No. 3 of 2002), December 27, 2002 (Order No. 15 of 2002) and June 21, 2003 (Order No. 6 of 2003).
For detailed information, these Gazettes can be consulted, however, for quick reference, the tables below outline the current fees for the various services. You can also download MS Word documents of the individual fees.
Fixed and Land Mobile, Others | Television Fees | Fees for the ISM Bands
Table 1.
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Description |
Fees |
Remarks |
Fixed and Land Mobile |
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Low Powered Devices |
$2,000.00 |
This is a low powered transmitting station operated remotely to operate electronic equipment. |
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Citizen Band Radio (CB) |
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This is commonly used for short range communication |
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Hand Held |
$2,000.00 |
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Mobile |
$5,000.00 |
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Fixed Station (Base) |
$8,000.00 |
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Very High Frequency (VHF) |
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This service is primarily used by taxi services and large businesses for short-range communication. |
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Hand Held |
$3,000.00 |
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Mobile |
$9,000.00 |
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Fixed Station (Base) |
$12,000.00 |
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Repeaters
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Private Repeater |
$40,000.00 |
This is a service provided by companies for their business operations |
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Community Repeater |
$50,000.00 + $2,000.00 Per Radio |
This is a commercial service provided by dealers to small organizations and individuals for which monthly fees are charged for usage of airtime. |
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Additional Frequency |
$12,000.00 |
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Paging Service
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$120,000.00 +$ 750.00 Per Pager |
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Ultra High Frequency (UHF) |
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This is also used for short range communication |
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Hand Held |
$2,000.00 |
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Mobile |
$7,000.00 |
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Fixed Station (Base) |
$9,000.00 |
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Repeaters
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Private Repeater |
$40,000.00 |
This is a commercial service provided by companies for their business operations. |
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Community Repeater |
$50,000.00 + $2,000.00 Per Radio |
This is a commercial service provided by dealers to small organizations and individuals for which monthly fees are charged for usage of air time |
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Trunking Repeater |
$50,000.00 + $3,000.00 Per Radio |
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Additional Frequency |
$9,000.00 |
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High Frequency (HF) |
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Portable (Man Pack) |
$11,000.00 |
A private station communicating with another in the fixed and mobile service band. Individuals or companies for communication use this service over long ranges. |
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Mobile |
$11,000.00 |
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Fixed Station (Base) |
$11,000.00 |
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Additional Frequency |
$11,000.00 |
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AERONAUTICAL |
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Aeronautical Ground Station |
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A station in the aeronautical fixed service. This service is used by ground personnel to communicate with aircraft. |
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Hand Held |
$9,000.00 |
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Class I |
$12,000.00 |
Class I refers to interior locations. |
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Class II |
$30,000.00 |
Class II refers to urban and coastal areas. |
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Aircraft Station |
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A mobile station in the Aeronautical mobile service, other than a survival craft station, located on board an aircraft. |
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$24,000.00 |
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>12 |
$36,000.00 |
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>24 seats |
$48,000.00 |
-do- |
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Navigational Aids |
$8,000.00 |
This service is provided for guiding aircrafts and vessels. |
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MARITIME |
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Ship Station |
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A mobile station in the maritime mobile service located on board vessel, which is not permanently moored, other than survival craft station. |
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Class III |
$24,000.00 |
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Class II |
$36,000.00 |
> 50
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Class I |
$48,000.00 |
> 150 tons and above (vessel capacity) |
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Coast Station |
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A land station in the maritime mobile service |
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Class C (Marine Hand Held) |
$15,000.00 |
VHF Hand Held used in port |
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Class B (Only VHF & UHF) |
$33,500.00 |
Port Station operating in the maritime service with no direct link to the PSTN |
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Class A (Access to PSTN) |
$55,800.00 |
Station operating in the maritime service providing direct link to the PSTN |
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Ship Safety |
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Radio Telephony Certificate & Authority to operate |
$2,000.00 |
Ship safety Certificate |
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Certificate of Competence in Radio Telephone Telephony & Authority to Operate |
$3,000.00 |
Operator’s certificate for ship station |
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AMATEUR |
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Radio communication for the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and technical investigations, carried out by amateur that is, by duly authorized persons interested in radio technique solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest. |
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Amateur Radio |
$3,000.00 |
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Experimental Service |
$8,000.00 |
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SATELLITE |
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Earth Station |
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Fixed Earth Station will be Determine on a case by case Basis |
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A station operated in the PSTN |
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Transportable Commercial Earth Station |
$360,000.00 |
A station operated by a company or an individual for relaying of information other than telephone, telegraphy, telex or other data carried by the PSTN (e.g. cricket games, radio and television programmes) |
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Very Small Aperture Terminals
(VSATs) |
$360,000.00 |
A satellite earth station operated by private companies or individuals for their own business dealings or transactions. |
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Television Receive Only (TVROs) |
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Domestic – Access to one (1) satellite only |
$6,000.00 |
A television satellite receiving station used only for domestic purposes, with access to one satellite only. |
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Access to more than one Satellite |
$30,000.00 |
