GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
THE MALAWI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
(Published by Authority)
3,382: Vol. LIV No. 10] Zomba, 10th March, 2017

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MACRA—Notice of Spectrum Licence Fee 69-76

General Notice No. 20

MACRA

MALAWI COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY

SPECTRUM LICENCE FEE SCHEDULE

A. INTRODUCTION

1. Pursuant to section 36 (1) of the Communications Act 1998 (Cap 68:01 of the Laws of Malawi), the Authority
hereby publishes this Spectrum Licence Fee Schedule.

2. This Schedule replaces the Spectrum Licence Fee Schedule published in the Government Gazette dated 11th
November 2016.

3. This Schedule describes the categories of radio services the Authority may license under the Communications Act
and the fees payable for such licenses.

4. The application of this Schedule shall be from 1st September 2016.

B. RADIO LICENCE FEES - ADMINISTRATIVE INCENTIVE PRICING

1. Fee Determination

The radio frequency spectrum licence fees payable for each category of Frequency Spectrum shall be determined by an
Administrative Incentive Pricing (AIP) Formula described in this Schedule or by application by the Authority of the
minimum fees set in the Schedule.

The Authority reserves the right to indicate where the AIP or the Minimum fee shall not apply. Where the AIP formula
or the minimum fee is not applicable, the Authority shall indicate the alternative method to be used for licensing spectrum
in a particular spectrum band.

2. AIP Formulae

The following formulae shall apply in determining the radio frequency spectrum licence fees:

(a) Point to Multipoint

This formula shall apply to all point to area services except for special services (e.g. Mobile services, aeronautical
and maritime etc).

Frequency Fee= UNIT*FREQ*BW*CG*GEO*SHR*APOWER*UNIB