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License Fees & Pricing

The Fee Structure for the new classes of Licences are indicated in the two groups below. This took effect in January 2007 and is currently in effect.

Class License

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Services Validity Fee (N)
1. Sales & Installation of Terminal Equipment
  • Including Mobile Cellular Phones & HF/VHF/UHF Radio
  • (Including Fixed Telephone sets, Modem, Cordless phones, Fax machines And PABX and switches not exceeding 30-Line capacity)
 One-Off 10,000
2. Repairs & Maintenance of Telecom Facilities
  • Category A-For an individual technician operating small workshop
  • Category B-For companies operating small & medium workshop
  • Category C-For companies operating comprehensive workshop
 One-Off 10,000
3. Cabling
  • Category A-For an individual technician (cabling within premises only)
  • Category B-For companies (cabling within premises and/or estate)
  • Category C-For companies (including underground cabling)
 One-Off 10,000
4. Tele-Centre/Cyber Café
  • Commercial Telephone call centre only.
      In Urban areas
      In Rural areas
  • Commercial Telephone call plus retail Internet services Category A-For an individual technician (cabling within premises only)
 One-Off 10,000
5. Public Payphone One-Off 10,000

Individual License

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Services Validity Fee (N)
1. Sales & Installation of Terminal
Equipment (S & I)

Including Satellite Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
 5 Years 500,000

Including Switching equipment of more than 600-line capacity & major network

 2,000,000
2. Value Added Services
  Prepaid Calling Card (PPCC) 5 Years 1,000,000
  Call Directory Services 5 Years 500,000
  Special Numbering Services 10 Years 3,000,000
  Call Centre Services 5 Years 500,000
  Content Services using Short Code 5 Years 500,000
  Mobile Payment Service 5 Years 1,000,000
3.

 Automated Vehicle Tracking Services (AVTS) 5 Years 500,000
4.

 Internet Services (ISP) 5 Years 500,000
5.

 Paging 5 Years 500,000
6.

 Commercial Basic Radio Communications Network Services

 10 Years 250,000
7.

 Trunk Radio Networks 10 Years 3,000,000
8. Collocation/Infrastructure Sharing Services
  		10 Years 2,000,000
9.

 Internet Exchange Services 10 Years 1,000,000
10.

 Interconnect Exchange Services 10 Years 1,000,000
11. Private Network Links (PNL)
Local Exchange Operator (Cable Only)

Urban • Tier 1 10 Years 2,000,000

• Tier 2 1,200,000

• Tier 3 1,000,000

• Tier 4 857,000

• Tier 5 571,000

Semi-Urban • Tier 1 10 Years 1,000,000

• Tier 2 600,000

• Tier 3 500,000

• Tier 4 428,500

• Tier 5 285,500

Rural • Tier 1 10 Years 300,000

• Tier 2 180,000

• Tier 3 150,000

• Tier 4 128,500

• Tier 5 85,650
12. PNL Regional 10 Years

• National 44,600,000

• Tier 1 2,800,000

• Tier 2 1,680,000

• Tier 3 1,400,000

• Tier 4 1,200,000

• Tier 5 800,000
13. Global Mobile Personal Communications
by Satellite (GMPCS)

Service Provider 10 Years 5,000,000

Land Earth Station Operator 10,000,000

Group License Not Yet Specified
14.

 Metropolitan Fibre Cable Network (MFCN) 20 Years 1,000,000 1
15.

 International Data Access (IDA) 10 Years 25,000,000
16.

 Full Gateway Services (FGS) 10 Years 50,000,000
17.

 National Long Distance Operator (NLDO) 20 Years 20,000,000
18. Unified Access Service (UASL: Fixed Telephony National/Regional, DML, RLDO, NLDO, IDA, FGS) 20 Years The fee would depend on the services within the Unified Access Service License category that the applicant is interested. 2
• National

• Tier 1

• Tier 2

• Tier 3

• Tier 4

• Tier 5
19. Non-Commercial/Closed User Radio Networks
for Non-Telecoms Companies

2-Way Radio System 1 Year 25,000

3 - 30 Fixed and/or Mobile (HF/VHF/UHF) Stations 100,000

31 - 50 Fixed and/or Mobile (HF/VHF/UHF) Stations 250,000

More than 50 Fixed and/or Mobile Stations including Microwave & VSAT Networks 500,000
  Fixed and/or mobile stations including microwave & VSAT networks for Embassies -
20. International Cable Infrastructure & Landing Station License 20 Years $210,000
(conversion based on Current CBN rate)

1 Plus N500,000,00 for each approved location of service.

2 The total fee would be the sum of the license fees for all the individual licensable services that the applicant is willing to provide.