Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority - Licensing Guidelines
A Signal distribution licensee shall
Provide network infrastructure that will receive content
after aggregation from broadcasters for multiplexing,
content signal distribution and provide Subscriber
Management System (SMS)/network transmission;
Carry the signals received from the content service
provider, distribution of the signal to designated
transmission sites, broadcast the signal in line with the
content service provider’s licence;
provide and manage connectivity to broadcasting studios
of the authorized Content Service Providers;
provide up to five (5) free-to-air programme channels for
public service;
adopt common technologies for devices to be used by the
public to access services;
establish and operate a help desk;
develop a service level agreements with Content Service
Providers on a non-discriminatory basis; and
Provide signal service distribution in an equitable,
reasonable
iii.
and non-discriminatory manner.
Public Data (both network and service)
Construction and installation of the data communications
network.
The Licensee is authorized to provide within the service
area data communication services to consumers over the
public data communications network in accordance with
the contract of service entered into between the
Licensee and the consumer.
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