Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority - Licensing Guidelines
ii.
Network services
A. Carrier of carriers
To procure, own, construct, maintain, operate and use a
public national Carrier of Carriers network within Zambia
for the carrying of information, in the form of speech or
other sound, data, text or images, by means of guided or
unguided electromagnetic energy, but does not include
services provided solely on the consumer side of the
network boundary.
To connect or cause to be allowed to be connected, to
the Carrier of Carriers facility by the following
a) Individual Licence Holders (both network and
service)
b) Class Licence Holders (both network and service)
c) Any telecommunication system or
telecommunication service situated in Zambia and
licensed to operate a closed user group network
except where such connection would contravene a
treaty or other agreement to which Zambia is a
party
d) any telecommunications facility required for the
provision or operation of a Carrier of Carriers
Service
To convey to and from any connected licensed
telecommunication system or service or equipment as
contemplated above any traffic and to perform any
switching incidental to such conveyance.
To provide the service to any licensed operator who
requests such services and to use the Carrier of Carriers
telecommunications service for the licensee’s own
purposes or business activities; and
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