Registration and licences
General authorisation
Undertakings have a general authorisation to operate telecommunication networks and tervices, see Art. 4 of The Electronic Communications Act, No, 81/2003 .
Electronic communications undertakings that provide telecommunication networks, services or facilities that are associated with telecommunication networks must announce their intentions to the PTA before commencing to operate. Activities must consequently be conducted in accordance with
legislation and rules which the PTA has set regarding general authorisations for the operation of telecom networks and services, see Art. 6 of Act no. 81/2003.
Register of operators
The PTA maintains a register of those undertakings that operate in accordance with the general authorisation.
Numbers and frequencies
Permission to use numbers and certain frequencies is subject to the authorisation of the PTA
following the submission of an application from undertakings according to a general authorisation.
See Numbering
Fees
Communications undertakings are required to contribute 0.38 percent of their annual turnover in the form of an operating fee. Turnover means in this case the operating income an undertaking receives from it´s activities in Iceland.
In addition a charge may be collected for the benefit of the Universal Service Fund. This is currently 0.10 percent of the annual turnover of each undertaking.
Communications undertakings that have been allocated numbers have to pay fees in accordance with the 3. paragraph of Art. 14 of the Act on the Post and Telecom Administration, No. 69/2003.
In addition there may be various fees payable according to the tariff schedule of the Post and Telecom Administration on account of equipment and use of frequencies.