[kictanet] proposed new license fees for Application/Content Service Providers

[Marcel Werner]

 Attention Colleagues,

Are you aware that the Communications Commission of Kenya has issued an
important consultative document on the proposed Unified License framework?
Comments are welcomed by CCK, due by deadline of 29 February 2008 at close
of business.

The market segments categorised in the CCK paper Applications Service
Providers (ASPs) and Content Service Providers (CSP) (include all Value
Added Service (VAS) Providers and Web-based Public Commercial Information
Service Providers can provide economic opportunities to Micro and Small
Enterprises (SME) as well as Small and Medium Sized companies (MSE). Note
that all these services proposedly attract a KES100,000 registration fee +
KES100,000 or 0.5% of turn-over charge. That will keep many players out of
the market. How many higher education graduates are working to create a
niche for themselves in the market?  They should be encouraged and
supported!


The new regulatory framework should not place any obstacles to new investors
and market entrants, especially not to SME's. Therefore, the
proposedlicense fees for these two categories should be replaced by a
general
license. Normally, such licensees does not pay license fees but register
with the regulatory body and subsequently receive a certificate endorsing
their operations in the sector.

MARCEL WERNER
Kenya ICT Federation
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