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

[Dorcas Muthoni]

I second Mercer on this.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Marcel Werner <marcelcwerner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> proposed license 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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