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Market Segments License

Licence Initial Annual Operating Fee Access Fee for Annual Spectrum
Period
Applic Operati Frequency Spectrum Fee
(Years)
ation ng
1. Fee License
NATIONAL NETWORK FACILITIES PROVIDERS
Fee
15 Years KShs. KShs. 15 0.4% of Annual Bid/Assessed Price for 1. Initial
5,000 Million Gross Turnover or Specific Spectrum Fees
1. a) KShs. 4 million Frequency Spectrum for 2. Annual
TIER 1 Exclusive countrywide Spectrum Reservation
whichever is higher utilisation Fees
(For deployment
of infrastructure 3. Annual
nationally) Spectrum Utilization
Fees Based on
Transmitters/Bandwidt
h/coverage

15 Years KShs. KShs. 15 0.4% of Annual Bid/Assessed Price for Annual Spectrum
5,000 Million Gross Turnover or Specific Utilization
Bandwidth Fees
1. b) KShs. 800,000 Frequency Spectrum for Based on
& Coverage
TIER 2 Exclusive Regional Bandwidth
whichever is higher
(For deployment utilisation & Coverage
of infrastructure
nationally) Case by case approvals for
regional/Site spectrum
deployment

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15 Years KShs. KShs. 0.4% of Annual Gross Bid/Assessed Price for Annual Spectrum
TIER 3 5,000 200,000 Turnover or KShs. Specific Utilization Fees
(For deployment 160,000 whichever Frequency Spectrum for Based on
1. c) of infrastructure Exclusive utilisation within Bandwidth
is higher
within a county an Administrative County & Coverage
boundary) boundaries

Case by case approvals for

regional/Site spectrum
deployment

2. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FACILITIES PROVIDERS

15 Years KShs. KShs. 15 0.4% of Annual N/A N/A
SUBMARINE 5,000 Million Gross Turnover or
2. a) CABLE LANDING
KShs. 4 million
LICENCE
whichever is higher
15 Years KShs. KShs. 15 0.4% of Annual N/A Based on
INTERNATIONAL 5,000 Million Gross Turnover or Bandwidth
2. b) GATEWAY
KShs.800,000
LICENCE
whichever is higher

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Market Segments License Licence Initial Annual Operating Fee Access Fee for Annual
Period Application Operating Frequency Spectrum Spectrum
(Years) Fee License Fee Fee

3. NON – INFRASTRUCTURE BASED SERVICE PROVIDERS

15 Years KShs. 5,000 KShs. 0.4% N/A N/A

100,000 of Annual Gross
APPLICATIONS
Turnover or KShs.
3. a) SERVICE
PROVIDERS 80,000 whichever is
(Including MVNOs, Higher
Vehicle Tracking,
ccTLD)

15 Years KShs. 5,000 KShs. 0.4% N/A N/A

100,000 of Annual Gross
CONTENT SERVICE Turnover or KShs.
3. b) PROVIDERS 80,000
whichever is
Higher

15 Years Kshs 5,000/ Kshs 0.4% of annual gross N/A N/A

ELECTRONIC 100,000/= turnover or 80,000/=
CERTIFICATION whichever is higher
SERVICE
3.c)
PROVIDER (E-CSP)

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4. TERMINAL EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS

TELECOMMUNICA 5 Years KShs. 1,000 Kshs. Kshs. 3, 000 N/A N/A
TIONS TERMINAL 7,500
4. a) EQUIPMENT
CONTRACTORS

TELECOMMUNICA 5 Years KShs. 500 KShs. 1,000 KShs. 500 N/A N/A
TIONS TECHNICAL
4. b) PERSONNEL

Market Segments License Licence Initial Annual Operating Fee Access Fee for Annual
Period Application Operating Frequency Spectrum Spectrum
(Years) Fee License Fee Fee

5. PRIVATE VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINALS (VSAT)

VSAT OPERATED KShs. 100,000 Per VSAT Based on

THROUGH FOREIGN 5 years KShs. 1,000 N/A
Terminal
N/A Bandwidth
5. HUB OPERATORS

6. ONETIME A U T H O R I S A T I O N
GMPCS LANDING 15 years KShs. 5,000 US $ 12,500 N/A N/A N/A
6. a) RIGHTS
AUTHORIZATION
BUSINESS Open One time N/A N/A N/A
6. b) PROCESSES Registration Fee of
OUTSOURCING KShs 10,000

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DOT KE SUB- Open One Time N/A N/A N/A

DOMAIN NAME Registration Fee of
REGISTRAR Kshs 10,000
6. c)
SERVICE
PROVIDERS

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