The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given ‘I am ready’ sound to license the Value
Added Service Aggregator (VASA) in the country, but barred Mobile
Network Operators (MNOs), among others, from the exercise, reports ITRealms.
Also barred from
participation in the forthcoming license regime include the Value
Added Service (VAS) Content providers, (using Short Code), and VAS Special Numbering
Service Licensees.
These, NCC declared, “are NOT eligible
to apply for the VAS Aggregator license.”
This is coming as the Commission has unveiled its VASA
license framework.
Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Tony Ojobo, confirmed to ITRealms
that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has developed a Value
Added Service (VAS) Aggregator License Framework.
NCC also beckons on interested members of the public and corporate
organizations to accordingly send their applications to the Commission's
Headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, applicants
should note that “Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Value Added Service
(VAS) Content (using Short Code) and VAS (Special Numbering Service) Licensees “are NOT eligible to apply for the VAS
Aggregator license.”
In addition, he said, content developers are to register
with the Commission to enable integration into the Value Added Service (VAS)
value chain made up of: Content
Developer ⇒ Content Service Provider ⇒ VAS
Aggregator ⇒ Mobile Network Operator.
Further, he said, applicants must download the Individual License
Application Form from the Commission
website, fill and return in triplicate.
Upon submission you are required to pay ₦1,000.00 for the
form and 5 per cent of the licence fee of ₦10,000,000.00 being ₦500,000.00 as a
non-refundable administrative charges.
Ojobo urged applicants to reach out to NCC website for the VAS
Aggregator License Framework for guidance.
NCC emphasized that submission of application by prospective
VAS Aggregator Licensees must be within two (2) weeks from the date of this
publication, dated December 4, 2017, stressing that all applications
submitted after the deadline will not be entertained.
Chuks Egbune/GEE
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