Fund Shall Maintain a Register of Universal Service Provision Which Shall Include the Following
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UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ACCESS FUND PUBLIC REGISTER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVISION 1. INTRODUCTION The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania established the Universal Communications Service Access Fund (the Fund) to promote universal access to information and communications technology services in Tanzania. The Fund is responsible for enabling accessibility and participation by communication operators in the provision of communication services, with a view to promoting social, economic development of the rural and urban underserved areas; to provide for availability of communication services by establishing a legal framework for universal service providers to meet the communication needs of consumers. Section 15 of The Universal Communications Service Access Act, 2006 provides designation of universal service providers. Regulation 28(1) of the UCSAF’s Regulations of 2009 states that The Fund shall maintain a register of universal service provision which shall include the following:- a) Designated service providers; b) A list of licensees contributing to the Fund; and c) A list of information required by the Fund when determining designated universal service providers. Following this requirement, the Fund has developed this register that is subject to update from time to time. 1 2. DESIGNATED SERVICE PROVIDERS The following section presents designated service providers for universal service provision. These are mainly mobile operator service providers whose main responsibility is to extend mobile communication in rural and urban underserved areas of the country. Through the subsidy provided by the Fund, currently 992 wards will receive communication service through these designated service providers as indicated in Annex 1 of this register. In addition, other projects including school connectivity are included starting from Annex 1A to annex 1I. Apart from school connectivity projects, the Fund has implemented various projects including Community radio in Arusha as well as Digital broadcasting project in Simiyu, Geita, Njombe and Katavi. A list of Telecentres in Zanzibar as indicated in Annex 1G. Other projects include Celebrating Girls in ICT day and Telemedicine. A table below summarizes different phases of rural telecommunication projects subsdized by the Fund. Other projects are indicated in subsequent other annexes. Table 1- Different Phases of Rural Telecommunication Projects Subsidized by the Fund DATE CONTRACT SUBSIDY PROJECT WARDS NO SIGNED (USD) 1 PHASE 1 8th March 2013 52 5,827,978 2 PHASE 1A 21st February 2014 77 6,026,464 3 PHASE 1B 22nd April 2014 86 7,707,098 4 PHASE 2A 21st April 2015 102 7,675,479 5 PHASE 2B 23rd May 2015 116 8,181,526 6 Border and Special Zone 21st April 2015 10 1480783 7 Border and Special Zone Phase 2 18th August 2017 75 4611788 8 Border and Special Zone Phase 3 4th April 2018 12 1,002,072 9 PHASE 3 13th December, 2018 173 TZS 20,501,266,504 10 PHASE 3A 4 TZS 467,920,000 11 PHASE 4 24th January 2019 252 TZS 29,473,350,000 12 PHASE 4A 01st October 2019 1 TZS 1,050,000,000 13 Border and Special Zone Phase 5 32 TZS 5,120,000,000 TOTAL 992 2 The following tables indicate participation of Service Providers for each project. a) PHASE ONE Table 2 - Service Providers Participation for Phase One Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (USD) 1 Airtel 12 2,192,230 2 MIC (Tigo) 19 1,402,150 3 TTCL 20 2,130,698 4 Vodacom 1 102,900 TOTAL 52 5,827,978 b) PHASE 1A Table 3 - Service Providers Participation for Phase 1A Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (USD) 1 Airtel** 4 N/A 2 MIC (Tigo)** 4 N/A 3 TTCL 33 6,026,464 4 Vodacom** 36 N/A TOTAL 77 6,026,464 Note: ** These wards mplemented without any subsidy from the Fund. c) PHASE 1B Table 4 - Service Providers Participation for Phase 1B Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (USD) 1 Airtel 8 654,000 2 MIC (Tigo) 23 1,693,000 3 TTCL 16 2,555,998 4 Vodacom 37 2,734,100 5 Zantel 2 70,000 TOTAL 86 7,707,098 d) PHASE 2A Table 5 - Service Providers Participation for Phase 2A Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (USD) 1 Airtel 5 306,000 2 MIC (Tigo) 41 1,629,278 3 TTCL 20 2,315,601 4 Vodacom 36 3,424,600 TOTAL 102 7,675,479 3 e) PHASE 2B Table 6 - Service Providers Participation for Phase 2B Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS/LOTS SUBSIDY (USD) 1 Vodacom 56 3,408,073 2 MIC (Tigo) 19 1,407,918 3 TTCL 41 3,365,535 TOTAL 116 8,181,526 f) BORDER AND SPECIAL ZONE PROJECT Table 7 - Service Providers Participation for Border and Special Zone Project No. SERVICE PROVIDER WARD SUBSIDY(USD) 1 Airtel 3 512,922 2 MIC (Tigo) 5 532,861 3 Vodacom 2 435,000 Total 10 1,480,783 g) BORDER AND SPECIAL ZONE PHASE 2 PROJECT Table 8: Border and Special Zone Phase 2 Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (USD) 1 Airtel 1 73,000 2 MIC (Tigo) 5 351,860 3 TTCL 1 63,857 4 Vodacom 21 1,391,380 5 Halotel 47 2,731,691 TOTAL 75 4,611,788 h) PHASE 3 Table 9: Service Providers Participation for Phase 3 Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (TZS) 1 Halotel 82 9,316,000,000 2 TTCL 60 7,711,860,000 3 MIC 13 1,367,766,504 4 Vodacom 18 2,105,640,000 TOTAL 20,501,266,504 4 i) PHASE 3A Table 11: Service Providers Participation for Phase 3A Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (TZS) 1 Vodacom 4 467,920,000 TOTAL 467,920,000 j) PHASE 4 Table 10: Service Providers Participation for Phase 4 Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (TZS) 1 AIRTEL 9 1,000,000,000 2 HALOTEL 114 14,019,000,000 3 MIC 18 1,350,000,000 4 TTCL 67 7,909,350,000 5 VODACOM 44 5,195,000,000 TOTAL 29,473,350,000 k) PHASE 4A Table 11: Service Providers Participation for Phase 4A Project NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS SUBSIDY (TZS) 1 TTCL 1 1,050,000,000 TOTAL 1,000,000,000 l) Border and Special Zone Phase 5 Table 12: Service Providers Perticipation for Boarder and Special Zone Phase 5 SUBSIDY NO. SERVICE PROVIDER WARDS (TZS) 1 TTCL 32 5,120,000,000 TOTAL 5,120,000,000 5 3. A LIST OF LICENSEE’S CONTRIBUTING TO THE FUND Regulation 5(1) of the Regulations of the Fund states that, all holders of communication licenses shall be required to pay to the Fund a universal service levy of 0.3 percent of their yearly gross operating revenue. A complete list of licensees attached in Annex II to Annex VII of this report. A complete list of licensees is also available in Regulator website, which is https://www.tcra.go.tz and updated from time to time. There are 23 Network Facilities Licensee’s, 14 Network Services Licensee’s, 76 Application Services Licensee’s, 123 Radio Content Service Providers, 26 Television Content Providers and 46 licensee’s Postal and Courier Operators. 4. INFORMATION REQUIRED WHEN DESIGNATING SERVICE PROVIDER The beneficiaries of subsidies from the Fund are all licensees contributing service levy to the Fund. The following information is required when designating service provider: a) Should be licensed by TCRA; b) Should be operating in the United Republic of Tanzania; c) The average required annual volume of revenue from Telecommunications services should be above USD 10 million; and d) The main network element implemented by service provider is a complete mobile base station compliant with license requirement and transmission links compliant with license requirements and all core networks. 6 ANNEX 1: - A LIST OF WARDS ALONG WITH DESIGNATED SERVICE PROVIDER ANNEX 1: A LIST OF 992 WARDS ALONG WITH DESIGNATED SERVICE PROVIDER NO REGION DISTRICT WARD VIL. PROJECT SP STATUS SUBSIDY 1 Arusha Arusha Olbalbal 3 Phase 2A MIC ON AIR 76,123 2 Arusha Arusha Oljoro 1 Phase 2B TTCL ON AIR 95,418 3 Arusha Arusha Olmotonyi 1 Phase 2B TTCL ON AIR 77,894 4 Arusha Arusha Olorieni 1 Phase 2B TTCL ON AIR 84,341 5 Arusha Karatu Chibelela 2 BSZ PH2 HALOTEL ON AIR 32,000 6 Arusha Karatu Endamarariek 1 BSZ PH2 VODACOM ON AIR 65,700 7 Arusha Karatu Itiso 2 PHASE 3 HALOTEL ON AIR 52,197 8 Arusha Karatu Makanda 3 BSZ PH2 HALOTEL ON AIR 48,000 9 Arusha Karatu Mbulumbulu 3 BSZ PH2 VODACOM ON AIR 65,700 10 Arusha Karatu Msisi 3 BSZ PH2 VODACOM ON AIR 65,700 11 Arusha Karatu Nainokanoka 2 PHASE 3 HALOTEL ON AIR 52,197 12 Arusha Karatu Rhotia 2 BSZ PH2 VODACOM ON AIR 65,700 13 Arusha Karatu SoitSambu 6 Phase 1 VODACOM ON AIR 102,900 14 Arusha Longido Chinugulu 5 Phase 1A TTCL ON AIR 164,951 15 Arusha Longido Kakesio 3 PHASE 4 VODACOM NOT ON AIR 117,500,000 16 Arusha Longido Naiyobi 1 PHASE 4 TTCL NOT ON AIR 118,050,000 17 Arusha Longido Nghambaku 3 PHASE 3 TTCL NOT ON AIR 55,907 18 Arusha Longido Nondwa 1 PHASE 4 TTCL NOT ON AIR 118,050,000 19 Arusha Longido Ukwega 2 Border AIRTEL ON AIR 170,974 20 Arusha Longido Zanka 2 Phase 2A TTCL ON AIR 93,975 21 Arusha Monduli Busi 4 Phase 1B TTCL ON AIR 120,170 22 Arusha Monduli Changaa 4 Phase 1B VODACOM ON AIR 113,600 23 Arusha Monduli Mpwayungu 2 Phase 1B VODACOM ON AIR 204,300 24 Arusha Ngorongoro Chemba 4 Phase 1 MIC ON AIR 65,800 25 Arusha Ngorongoro Farkwa 1 PHASE 3 HALOTEL ON AIR 56,546 26 Arusha Ngorongoro Gwandi 4 Phase 1 AIRTEL ON AIR 173,850 27 Arusha Ngorongoro Huzi 1 Phase 2A TTCL ON AIR 136,850 28 Arusha Ngorongoro Itiso 1 PHASE 4 TTCL NOT ON AIR 118,050,000 29 Arusha Ngorongoro Kalembo 2 Border AIRTEL ON AIR 170,974 30 Arusha Ngorongoro Membe 2 PHASE 4 TTCL NOT ON AIR 118,050,000 31 Arusha Ngorongoro Nondwa 3 Phase 1 TTCL ON AIR 196,650 32 Arusha Ngorongoro Paranga 2 Phase 2A TTCL ON AIR 119,035 33 Dar es salaam Ilala Ilala 1 Phase 2B MIC ON AIR 29,025 34 Dar es salaam Ilala Segerea 1 Phase 2B MIC ON AIR 29,525 35 Dar es salaam Temeke Kisarawe II 1 Phase 2B MIC ON AIR 76,449 36 Dodoma Bahi Chikola 1 Phase 2B TTCL ON AIR 69,762 37 Dodoma Bahi Dabalo 4 Phase 1A VODACOM ON AIR 0 38 Dodoma Bahi Igurwa 2 BSZ PH2 HALOTEL ON AIR 48,000 39 Dodoma Bahi Kakora 1 BSZ PH2 HALOTEL ON AIR 48,000 40 Dodoma Bahi Lalta 4 Phase 1 TTCL ON AIR 112,100 7 ANNEX 1: A LIST OF 992 WARDS ALONG WITH DESIGNATED SERVICE PROVIDER NO REGION DISTRICT WARD VIL.