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Types of Licenses<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

a)      <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Public Switched Telephone Network Licenses.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under this category POTRAZ have only licenced one company which is TelOne.<\/span><\/p>\n

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b)     <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Public Cellular Telecommunications Network Licenses<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Currently only three companies have obtained this licence in Zimbabwe. These are Econet, Net One and Telecel.<\/span><\/p>\n

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c)      <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Internet Access Provider (IAP) licences.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These are grouped into class A and class B categories,<\/span><\/p>\n

Class A –This category has got more than ten Internet Access providers. Among the ten include TelOne, Liquid, Powertel, Telecontract, Africom, Aquiva and Aptics,)<\/span><\/p>\n

Class B -This category has got only one Government Institution which is Net One.<\/span><\/p>\n

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d)<\/span><\/strong>      Postal General licences.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Like public switched network licence only one company in Zimbabwe have got Postal<\/span><\/p>\n

General Licence .This Company is called Zimpost.<\/span><\/p>\n

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e)     <\/span><\/span><\/strong> Commercial Courier Licences<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This category has got both domestic and international courier licences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Companies which fall under this category include: DHL, Courier Connect and FEDEX.                               <\/span><\/p>\n

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f)      <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Private Network licences<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n

These are given to private Organisations such as Banks and Non-Governmental    organisations in Zimbabwe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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g)<\/span><\/strong>      Private Mobile Radios<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These include (VHF, HF, Aircraft, Ship, and Amateur)<\/span><\/p>\n

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 What are the general requirements for one to obtain a public license? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

·         <\/span><\/span>The applicant must be a locally registered company. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

·         <\/span><\/span>Local shareholding must be more than 50%. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

·         <\/span><\/span>Foreign shareholding should not exceed 49%. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

·         <\/span><\/span>Applicants must provide strong financial capability – Proof of funds and cash flow analysis for 5 years required.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

·         <\/span><\/span>Applicants should have technical capabilities to rollout services – CVs for top project team\/management required. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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