v. Initial and annual fee for radio frequency in accordance with the
Regulations determining fees for radio communication licenses.
b) The Regulatory Authority may from time to time amend the fees
applicable to different types of licenses and revised charges are applied to
all licenses of the same type.
c) License fees shall be paid to the Regulatory Authority. Failure to pay the
fee within the prescribed time shall result in delay in issuing or renewal of
the license, or suspension of the license. The suspension here may
provide a specific restriction in relation to a specific service provision.
d) The Regulatory Authority may use the method of Auctioning to get the
best bidder for the signal distribution if it deemed necessary.
Article 17: Grounds for Refusing to Grant License
a) An applicant may be refused a license by the Regulatory Authority on the
following grounds;
i. in order to protect the national integrity and/or national security
ii. for reasons of limitations on the frequency spectrum resources
iii. If the Regulatory Authority reasonably believes that competition in the
the signal distribution sector can be adversely affected.
iv. If the applicant has failed in meeting the information requirement and
related obligations.
b) The applicant must be given written reasons about refusals and delays in
the granting of license as soon as the Regulatory Authority has made its
decision except that the Regulatory Authority shall not be bound to
provide reasons for the grounds of refusal to the applicant on the national
security matters.
Article 18: Renewal of License
a) License holders may apply to the Regulatory Authority for renewal of a
license not later than three months before the expiry of the existing
license and the procedure for the renewal of license is the same as that
procedure applicable to the granting of the original license;
b) Signal Distribution Networks who fail to renew their licenses or whose
application for renewal is rejected by the Regulatory Authority shall
cease to have any legal authority to continue to operate or install the
broadcasting networks.
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