No. 4378
Act No. 8, 2009
Government Gazette 16 November 2009
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COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2009
(9)
Licences must be issued for a fixed term and may be renewed by the
Authority on application by the licensee.
(10)
The Authority may impose specific obligations and requirements on a
licensee regarding –
(a)
mandatory provision of universal service and such other services as the
Authority may think fit;
(b)
the transportation of emergency calls or other forms of emergency
electronic communications free of charge and under such conditions
and subject to such requirements as the Authority may determine;
(c)
the use of the radio frequency spectrum, the fees related to this use
and to the costs of spectrum management and monitoring when
applicable;
(d)
the allocation of individual telephone numbers or numbering ranges
and the fees required for the management and control of the numbering
plan;
(e)
the rights and obligations of the licensee with regard to
interconnection;
(f)
the fees payable for the grant, management and control of the licence;
(g)
the equitable treatment of, and provision of information to, users,
particularly concerning the contractual conditions under which the
service is provided and that allow compensation to the customer in
case of breach of quality requirements;
(h)
masts, towers or other facilities including requirements relating to the
environmental or aesthetic impact of such facilities;
(i)
the duration of the licence and the conditions and procedures for its
withdrawal, renewal and modification of its terms;
(j)
any matter that the Authority may consider when issuing a licence as
provided in section 39(4); and
(k)
any other matter that may be required to achieve the objects of this
Act.
(11)
The Authority may impose specific obligations on a licensee when
the licensee has a dominant position in relation to the provision of any class of
telecommunications services.
(12)
licence –
When the Authority issues individual licences, it may indicate in the
(a)
which duties referred to in Part 2, are owed by the licensee concerned
to which class of other licensees;
(b)
which duties referred to in Part 2 are owed to the licensee concerned by
which class of other licensees;