Electronic and Postal Communications (Licensing)

GN NO. 65 Contd
GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO 65 published on 28/01/2022

THE ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS ACT,

(CAP. 306)
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REGULATIONS
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(Made under section 165)

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THE ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS

(LICENSING)(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation Title

1. Citation.
2. Amendment of regulation 2.
3. Amendment of regulation 3.
4. Amendment of regulation 6.
5. Amendment of regulation 10.
6. Amendment of regulation 23.
7. Amendment of regulation 39.
8. Amendment of regulation 40.
9. Amendment of regulation 43.
10. Amendment of First Schedule.

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GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 65 published on 28/01/2022

THE ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS ACT,

(CAP. 306)
_______

REGULATIONS
_______
(Made under section 165)
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THE ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS

(LICENSING)(AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022

Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic and

Postal Communications (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations,
GN. No. 2022 and shall be read as one with the Electronic and Postal
57 of 2018 Communications (Licensing) Regulations, 2018, hereinafter
referred to as the “principal Regulations”.

Amendment 2. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation

of regulation 2 2 by deleting paragraph 2(h).

Amendment 3. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation

of regulation 3 3 by-
(a) adding in its appropriate alphabetical order the
following definitions-
“Application Services (e-Commerce) Licence” means a
class licence issued for service platforms,
aggregation or integration of services,
transactions or business for other service
providers, sellers, buyers or consumers of
regulated or un-regulated services;
“Class A Installation and Maintenance Licence” means
a licence for installation and maintenance of
commercial electronic communication
infrastructure and equipment (PBX, fibre,
cabling, transmitters by towers and related
infrastructure);
“Class B Installation and Maintenance Licence” means
a licence for installation and maintenance of
end user electronic communication equipment
and infrastructure (cell phones, transceiver
equipment, and related small electronic

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communication appliances);
“Landing Station” means a location for the Submarine
Cable Terminating Equipment (SCTE) for
domestic and or International interconnection;
“Special Content” means a television channel or radio
station that provides specific formal educational
content covering different subjects from
nursery, tertiary to higher learning institutions;”
and
(b) deleting the word “selling of electronic
communication equipment licence”.

Amendment 4. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation

of regulation 6 6 by deleting subregulation (2) and substituting for it the
following-
“(2)(a) A licensee shall, prior to change
of physical address, submit to the Authority a
notice of the change of physical address.
(b) Notwithstanding subregulation
(2)(a), where a content service
licensee changes physical address,
the licensee shall not commence
operations at the new address
without being inspected by the
Authority”.

Amendment 5. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation

of regulation 10, by-
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(a) renumbering the repeated subregulation (6) as
subregulation (7); and
(b) deleting the renumbered subregulation (7).

Amendment 6. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation

of regulation 23 by adding immediately after regulation (6) the following:
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“(7) Where transfer of shares involves
change of majority shareholders, the licensee
shall pay to the Authority transfer fees as
prescribed in the First Schedule and the transfer
shall be processed in accordance with the
procedure of issuing new licence”.

Amendment 7. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation

of regulation 39 by deleting subregulation (6) and substituting for it the
39
following:
“(6) A licensee whose licence is

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considered for renewal shall pay to the
Authority renewal fee as provided for in the
First Schedule to these Regulations”.

Amendment 8. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation

of regulation 40 by-
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(a) adding immediately after paragraph (j) the
following paragraphs:
(k) Content Service by Subscription;
(l) Community Broadcasting Services;
(m) Application Service (e-Commerce); and
(b) re-naming paragraph (k) as paragraph (n).

Amendment 9. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting

of regulation regulation 43 and substituting for it the following:
43
“Importation 43.-(1) The importer or
or distribution distributor of electronic communications
of electronic equipment shall ensure that equipment-
communication (a) are type approved by the
equipment Authority; and

(b) the customer who purchases

any equipment which use
radio frequency spectrum has
radio frequency spectrum
user licence issued by the
Authority.
(2) Without prejudice to the
generality of the provisions of these
Regulations, any person may import any
type of approved electronic
communication equipment for personal
use.”

Amendment 11. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting the First
of First
Schedule
Schedule and substituting for it the following:

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FIRST SCHEDULE

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LICENCE CATEGORIES, FEES AND DURATION

(Made under regulations 4, 8, 9, 10 and 39)

1. NETWORK FACILITIES

Royalty
Renewal Fee
Initial Duration
Applica Licence (Gross
Market Type of Licence of Type of
tion Fee Fee Annual
Segments Facility Fee Licence Licence
(USD) (USD) Turnover
(USD) (Years)
i.e.
“GAT”)
Internatio Gateway
nal facilities such as 10,000 200,000 200,000 1% of
Earth Satellite GAT
Station, VSAT, 25
Submarine
cable, Switching
Centres, Nodes
and Servers,
Multiplexer and
others.
National Public Data Individu
Centre Facility al
for data storage,
Hosting, Cloud
Computing, data
analytics and
algorithm,
existing as of
the date of the
publication of
these
Regulations.
Tier 1 Public 5,000 10,000 10,000 1% of 25
Data Centre GAT

Tier 2 Public 5,000 15,000 15,000 1% of 25

Data Centre GAT

Tier 3 Public 5,000 25,000 25,000 1% of 25

Data Centre GAT

Tier 4 Public 5,000 30,000 30,000 1% of 25

Data Centre GAT

National Submarine 10,000 400,000 300,000 Not 15 National

Cable Landing Applicable
Station
National 1% of Individ
GAT ual
Switching, 10,000 400,000 300,000 25
transmissions

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Regional and access 1% of 25 Individ
facilities such as GAT ual
VSAT; or
Microwave 1,000 10,000 17,250 USD 2,500
links; Fixed whichever
links, Switching is greater
Centres, Laid
District cables; Fibre 100 3,000 3,450 1% of 25 Individ
Optic, GAT or ual
Exchange, USD 1,000
Nodes, Servers, whichever
Towers, Ducts, is greater
Transmitters
and Links,
Multiplexer and
others.

2. NETWORK SERVICES

Royalty
Initial
Fee
Applic Licen Renewal Duration
(Gross
Market ation ce Licence of Type of
Type of Service Annual
Segments Fee Fee Fee Licence Licence
Turnover
(US $) (US (US $) (Years)
i.e.
$)
“GAT”)
Internationa A) Electronic 10,000 300,0 400,000 1% of Individu
l communicatio 00 GAT al
ns network 5,000 600,0 750,000 1% of 25 Individu
National
operations 00 GAT al
with the 2,000 23,10 26,500 1% of Individu
Regional following 0 GAT al
features:
District 1) Network 100 5,000 5,750 1% of 10 Individu
access GAT al
codes
2) Interconne
ction
capabilitie
s
B) Virtual
Electronic
Communicatio
n Services

3. APPLICATION SERVICES
SUB-CATEGORY A: WITH NETWORK FACILITIES AND NETWORK
SERVICES LICENCES

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Renew
Initial Duratio
Market Applica al Annual
Licence n of Type of
Segmen Type of Service tion Fee Licenc Fee
Fee (US Licence Licence
ts (US $) e Fee (US $)
$) in Years
(US $)
To provide
international 10
Internati connectivity/bandwid 1% of
Individu
onal th whether by 5,000 100,000 120,000 GAT
al
satellite or submarine
or other technologies
To provide to the
public voice,
message, Internet
services, Internet 10
1% of Individu
National Telephony (VoIP),
1,000 10,000 13,500 GAT al
pay phone, Value
Added Services, Data
services, Tracking
services etc
To provide to the
Regional public voice,
Individu
message, Internet 1% of
100 1000 1,150 al
services, Internet GAT
Telephony (VoIP), 5
pay phone, Value 1% of
Added Services, Data GAT Individu
District 50 200 230
services, Tracking al
services etc.

SUB-CATEGORY B: WITHOUT NETWORK FACILITIES AND NETWORK

SERVICE LICENCES
Dura
Initial Annual tion
Applicati Renewal
Market Type of Licence Fee of Type of
on Fee Licence Fee
Segments Service Fee (US Licen Licence
(US$) (US $)
(US$) $)/Royalty ce in
Years
To provide
internationa
l
connectivity
/bandwidth 1% of
Internationa Individu
whether by 5,000 100,000 115,000 GAT 10
l al
satellite or
submarine
or other
technologie
s
To provide
Internet
1% of
services, Individu
National 1,000 10,000 11,500 GAT
pay phone, al
internet
Telephony 5
(VoIP) Data
services, 1% of Individu
Regional Tracking 200 1000 1,150 GAT al
services,

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financial
services,
gaming
services,
virtual
District applications 1% of Individu
services, 50 200 230 GAT al
virtual
application
and any
other related
services.
USD 500
per V-SAT
–Urban
USD 100
National Closed User
1000 5000 5,000 per V-
(Private) Group 3 Class
SAT-
Rural &
underserve
d areas

SUB-CATEGORY C: APPLICATION SERVICE LICENCE WITH NUMBERS

ONLY
Annua
Initial Renewal l
Applicati Duration
Market Type of Licence Licence Licenc Type of
on Fee of Licence
Segments Service Fee (US Fee e Fee Licence
(US $) in Years
$) (US $) (US $)

Value added
Services
National using 50 500 500 500 3 Class
Numbers
only

SUB-CATEGORY D: APPLICATION SERVICE (e - COMMERCE) LICENCE

Annual Duration
Application Initial Renewal
Type of Licence Fee of Type of
Fee Licence Licence Fee
Service (Tshs Licence Licence
(Tshs) Fee (Tshs) (Tshs)
in Years
Application
Services (e- 50,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 3 Class
Commerce)

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4. INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE, IMPORTATION AND

DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
LICENCES
Applicatio Renewal Annual Licence
Type of Licence/ Market
S/N n Fee Licence Fee licence Fee Duration
Authorization Segment
(Tshs) (Tshs) (Tshs) Years
Installation and Class A 100,000 100,000 2,300,000 3
1.
Maintenance Class B 50,000 50,000 200,000 3
2. Importation National 50,000 50,000 2,300,000 3
Distribution National 50,000 50,000 1,500,000 3
3.
(wholesalers)

5. CONTENT SERVICES LICENCES

SUB CATEGORY 5A: CONTENT BROADCASTING (FREE TO AIR)
Construct Durati
Initial Renewal
Applicat ion Annua on of
Licence Market Licence Licence Class of
ion fees Permit l Fees Licenc
Category segment Fees Fees Licence
(Tshs) fees (Tshs) e
(Tshs) (Tshs)
(Tshs) (Tshs)

(I)
RADIO BROADCASTING (FREE
TO AIR)
Public National NA NA N/A NA Individual
Private National 3,200,00 200,000 25,000,00 4,800,000 25,000, 5 Individual
0 0 000
Regional 1,600,00 200,000 15,000,00 3,200,000 15,000, 5 Individual
0 0 000
District 1,600,00 200,000 3,200,000 2,400,000 3,200,0 5 Individual
0 00

Communi Communit 1,600,00 200,000 1,100,000 800,000 1,100,0 3 Class

ty y 0 00

(II) TELEVISION BROADCASTING

(FREE TO AIR)
Public National NA NA N/A NA Individual
Private National 8,000,00 200,000 32,000,00 9,600,000 32,200, 5 Individual
0 0 000
District 3,200,00 200,000 6,400,000 2,400,000 6,400,0 5 Individual
0 00

Communi Communit 1,600,00 200,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,0 3 Class

ty y 0 00
SUB CATEGORY 5B: CONTENT BROADCASTING (AUTHORITY TO
BROADCAST)
Duratio
Initial Renewal Annual
Applicati n of
Licence Market Licence Licence licence Class of
on Fees License
Category Segment Fees Fees Fees Licence
(Tshs) in
(Tshs) (Tshs) (Tshs)
Years
Channels
Aggregators
16,000,00 160,000,0 160,000,0 1% of Individu
(Network National 10
0 00 00 GAT al
Facility Licensee
and Multiplex )

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Channel National* 1,600,000 2,400, 2,400,000 4,000,00 3 Class
Aggregator *** 000 0
(cable) Regional* 300,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,00 3 Class
** 0
District** 100,000 400,000 400,000 800,000 3 Class

Content Services National 1,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000 5,000,00 3 Class

by Subscription 0
(For Regional 160,000 800,000 800,000 1,600,00 3 Class
Aggregation) 0
District 80,000 500,000 500,000 3 Class
800,000

Support Services 1% of
230,000,0 264,500,0 Individu
(Satellite) National 2,000,000 GAT 10
00 00 al

CHANNEL AGREGATOR (CABLE)

District Aggregator** Refers to subscribers from 10 to 1000
Regional Aggregator*** Refers to subscribers from 1001 to 5000
National Aggregator **** Refers to subscribers from 5001 and above

SUB CATEGORY 5C(a): SPECIAL CONTENT (EDUCATIONAL) TELEVISION

Constructio Initial Renewal Duratio
Applicati Annual
Market n Permit Licence Licence n of Class of
on fees Fees
Segment fees Fees Fees Licence Licence
(Tshs) (Tshs)
(Tshs) (Tshs) (Tshs) (Tshs)
National 500,000 200,000 1,000,000 500,000 1,000,00 3 Class
0
Regional 500,000 200,000 800,000 500,000 800,000 3 Class

SUB CATEGORY 5 (b): SPECIAL CONTENT (EDUCATIONAL) RADIO

Initial Licenc
Constructio Duratio
Applicati Licence e
Market n Permit Annual Fees n of Class of
on fees Fees Renew
Segment fees (Tshs) Licence Licence
(Tshs) al Fees
(Tshs) years
(Tshs)
National 500,000 200,000 800,000 800,000 500,00 3 Class
0
District 500,000 200,000 500,000 800,000 500,00 3 Class
0
6. RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM USAGE LICENCES

SUB -CATEGORY 6 A: RADIO COMMUNICATION STATION LICENCES AND

FEES
Annual Licence
Renewal Duration
Application fee/station/
S/N Types of Station Licence fee of licence
fees (US $) bandwidth
(US $) (years)
(US $)
Tanzania Amateur station
Licence
1.
(a) Amateur radio station 10 20 10 3
(b) Amateur experimental 10 10 10 3

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station
(c) Amateur novas Station 10 10 10 3
2. Ship Station* 25 500 25 3
3. Aircraft Station* 25 500 25 3
4. HF Fixed/Mobile Radio Station 10 120 10 3
VHF/UHF
Fixed/Mobile/Portable Radio
5. 10 70 10 3
Station with Single Frequency

VHF/UHF
80 10
6. Fixed/Mobile/Portable Radio 10 3
Station with pair of Frequencies
7. VHF/UHF Radio Repeater 10 100 10 3
8. HF Cross Boarder Station 10 120 10 3
Wireless Data Radio
9. 10 70 10 3
Links/Repeater Radio Station
Global Maritime Distress and
15 15 3
10. Safety System -GMDSS**
NB: * Fees charged as one station
** Fees charged in respect of certificate

SUB-CATEGORY 6 B: RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM USER CHARGES

Annual Licence Duration

S/N Types of Station Licence fee/station/ of licence
Bandwidth (US $) (years
18. Transmission/Base Repeaters/BTS/Transmissio 70.00 per station for first
station Charges n Links 3000 stations
10
35.00 per station for
more than 3000 stations
19. Frequency Band A 30,000.00
Bandwidth/Channel 450MHz, 700MHz, per 1MHz
10
Charges 800MHz, 900 MHz, bandwidth
1800MHz, 2100MHz
Band B 10,000.00
2300MHz, 2500MHz, per 1MHz bandwidth 10
2000MHz
Band C 5,000.00
1850MHz, 1900MHz, 3.1, per 1MHz bandwidth
3.3, 3.5, 4.0, 4.9, 5.2, 5.4, 10
5.7, 5.8 GHz
Band D 1,000.00
Microwave Links (Long per 1MHz bandwidth 10
haul): 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11GHz
Band E 750.00
Microwave Links (Short per 1MHz bandwidth 10
haul): 13, 15, 18, 23GHz
Band F 350.00
Microwave Links/Access: per 1MHz bandwidth
10
28, 32, 38 GHz

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SUB-CATEGORY 6C: RADIO SPECTRUM FEES FOR BROADCASTING
NETWORKS
S/N Licence Areas Amount (Tshs) Duration of licence
(years)
FM Radio Cities 5
Broadcasting 2,300,000.00
Transmitter Regional Towns 5
(National) per Tx 1,610,000.00
1. District and Administrative Towns 5
1,150,000.00
Rural Towns and Underserved 5
460,000.00
Studio to Cities 5
Transmitter Link 160,000.00
2. (Radio Regional Towns 5
Broadcasting) 160,000.00
District towns 5
80,000.00
DTT Transmitter Main Cities 5
per channel for 1,150,000.00
3. subscription District and Administrative Towns 5
services 690,000.00
Rural Towns and Underserved
276,000.00
5
4. DTT Transmitter National/regional/district Exempted 5
per channel for
FTA services
5. VHF FM Radio National/regional/district 100,000 5
broadcasting
transmitter – gap
fillers
6. VHF/UHF National/regional/district 100,000 5
digital
Television
transmitters- gap
fillers
transmitters
Applicable to
multiplex
operators)

SUB-CATEGORY 6 D: V-SAT LICENCES

Renewal
Application Annual Duration of
Licence
S/No Licence Fees Fees Licence
Fees
. (US$) (US$) (Years)
(US$)
1. Fixed VSAT Terminal 10 10 50 3
Mobile VSAT Terminal
2. (transportable Satellite transceivers 10 10 70 3
/SNG/ESIM
Registration for Satellite Mobile
3. 100 10 Exempted 3
Phones
4. Satellite Ground Earth Station 10 10 5,000 3

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7. NUMBERING FEES

Annual
Maintenance Duration
Application
Type of Numbering Registration Fees (US $) of
S/N Fees
Resource Fees (US $) (payable one Licence
(US $)
year after (Years)
registration)
Prefix for Networks (NDC &
1 10 2,000 2,000 1
MNDC)
US$ 0.20 per
2 Subscriber Numbers NA NA Subscriber
Number
National Signalling Point
3 10 2,000 2,000 1
Codes (SPC)
International Signalling Point
4 10 2,000 2,000 1
Codes (ISPC)
Mobile Network
5 10 2,000 2,000 1
Identification Codes (MNIC)
6 SIM Header 10 2,000 2,000 1
Data Network Identification
7 10 2,000 2,000 1
Codes (DNIC)
Corporate Services Network
8 10 2,000 2,000 1
Access Numbers
Carrier Selection/Pre-
9 10 10,000 5,000 1
selection Codes
Premium Rate Access Codes
10 10 2,000 5,000 1
(block)
Special & Fixed Rate Access
11 10 2,000 5,000 1
Codes (block)
Special & Fixed Rate Access
2,000
12 Codes Premium Rate Access 10 1,000 1
Codes (Single Number)
13 USSD Short Codes 10 2,000 2,500 1
VAS SMS & Special
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Services Short Codes:
(a) Gold 10 4,000 2,500 1
(b) Silver 10 3,000 2,500 1
(c) Bronze 10 2,000 2,500 1
(d) Ordinary 10 1,500 2,500 1

8. POSTAL AND COURIER SERVICE LICENCES

Licence
Initial Duration
S/No Licence Application Renewal Annual Fee
Licence of licence
. Categories Fee (Tshs) Fee (Tshs)
Fee (Tshs) in Years
(Tshs)
1. Public Postal 2,300,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 25
Licensee
2. International 170,000 18,000,000 170,000 18,000,000 5
Courier
3. East Africa Courier 100,000 6,000,000 100,0000 6,000,000 3
4. Domestic Courier 60,000 3,000,000 60,000 3,000,000 3
5. Intra-City Courier 60,000 1,400,000 60,000 1,400,000 3
7. Inter-City 60,000 400,000 60,000 400,000 3
Transporters

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9. TYPE APPROVAL EQUIPMENT FEES

APPLICATION APPROVAL
S/NO TYPE OF EQUIPMENT FEES FEES
(US $) (US $)
Terminal Electronic Communications Equipment
Telephone Sets, Data Modems, Mobile Phones,
VHF/UHF Radio, Wireless Modules, Land
1. Mobile Cellular, Non-manageable switches,
10.00 50.00
Personal Computers, Short Range Devices
(SRDs) Smart TV, Digital Radio, Set-Top-Boxes
(STBs), VSAT, etc.

Office Communications Systems (PABX)

2. 2.1 Up to 50 Extensions 10.00 100.00
2.2 51 extensions and above 10.00 300.00
Network Electronic Communications Equipment
3.1 Base Stations, Microwave Radios, Active 1,000.00
3. 10.00
Antenna with Radio Unit etc.
3.2 Core Network Switching Equipment 10.00 1,000.00
4. Broadcasting Transmitters, STL Radio 10.00 50.00

10. CHANGE OF NAME AND SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE

S/N ISSUE TYPE OF LICENCE CHANGE FEES (US

$)
(a) Network Facilities, Network
1,000
Application for Change of Services, and Application Services
1
Name (b) Content Services 200
(c) Other Licences 200

(a) Network Facilities, Network

1,500
Application for Change of Services, and Application Services
2
Shareholding Structure (b) Content Services 500
(c) Other Licences 200

Dodoma, NAPE M. NNAUYE

26th January 2022 Minister for Information, Communication
and Information Technology

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