Opportunities and Challenges

Telecommunications forum for contractors, vendors and technical personnel

Licensing & Compliance

The procedures are as outlined in the application form

and its cost is as follows

1. Application – 1000

2. Annual license fee – 3000

3. Type Approval – as per product

4. Technical personnel – Annual fee – 500

5. Vendors – zero rated

Compliance Reporting

What are the challenges

• Forms – on website as reviewed

• Distance – regional offices

• Periodicity – annually

Relationship with other Government entities

Which are the entities

Nema

Municipalities

NCA

KCAA

OTHERS

Opportunities

The forum identified the following opportunities

1. New frontiers with government

2. The activation of the USF

3. Increased e-government initiatives

4. Consumer awareness

5. The innovation in place. (change with us)

Challenges The subsector has identified the following as the

main challenges

• Quack practitioners

• Unfair competition

• Lack of information

• Vandalism

Way forward

The forum proposes as follows;

1. Professionalism and membership to be upheld

– IEEE / CA-TP

2. The contracts to be limited to the licensed

service providers only.

3. Insist on quality of service and neatness.

Way forward

It is further stated as follows;

a. Hold another forum

b. Invitation and participation to forums

Conclusion

It is concluded as follows:

a. There is need for Partnerships

b. Licensing need to be proactive

c. Inspections to be enhanced

d. Enforcement to route out illegal entities

e. Others

TEC AND TP OPPORTUNITIES AND

CHALLENGES- 2015 ICT WEEK

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OPPORTUNITIES

• The Telecom contractor license covers for the sale of ICT equipment (Vendor Licence)

OPPORTUNITIES cont..

• County governments ICT projects:

① Supply of ICT equipment e.g. equipping computer labs

② Design and construction of LAN and Wide Area Networks among others

RELATIONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES – cont…

National Construction Authority (NCA)

Mandated to streamline, overhaul and regulate

the construction industry.

The Authority is working on a MoU to guide the

relationship with NCA and address the concerns

of our licensees

The challenge of multiple licensing by different

government agencies is a concern that the

Authority is looking at to find solutions

RELATIONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT

AGENCIES – cont…

County Governments

Hosted the governors forum to sensitize

them on the importance of corporation.

Working closely with county governments

to improve working conditions of licensees

Kikao Kikuu forums

RELATIONS WITH OTHER

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

NEMA

FUNCTIONS: • Promote integration of environmental

considerations in plans and projects

• Perform EIAs

CA has an MoU with NEMA

that governs our working

relationships.

Concerns about the safety of

populations residing near ICT

installations is being monitored