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(e)
Applications and
39.
(1)
geographical coverage, service deployment,
key performance and quality of service
requirements.
Subject to section 129, the Telecommunications
individual licences. Commission shall issue individual licences from time to time pursuant to
requests for applications published in a manner approved by the
Commission.
(2)
Ifthe Telecommunications Commission intends to
restrict the number of service providers to be licensed for
any telecommunications service, it shall select such service
providers pursuant to a competitive selection process.
(3)
A competitive selection process under subsection (2)
shall provide for selection by the Telecommunications
Commission based upon objective criteria which shall
include one or more of the following—
(a)
applicants’ financial bids, whether submitted
with applications or made in an auction;
(b)
relevant experience, track record, capability
or other qualifications of applicants;
(c)
commitments of applicants with respect to the
type, quality and geographical coverage of the
relevant services or other factors; or
(d)
any other relevant matter.
(4)
Individual licences shall be for a term of not less than
five years and not more than twenty years.
An individual licensee may request renewal
(5)
licence by application made at least one year prior
of the term of its individual licence or such shorter
any, as the Telecommunications Commission may
of such
to the end
period, if
allow.
(6)
Inconnection with making substantial new
investments in its telecommunications network and services,
a licensee may apply for early renewal of its individual
licence at a time sufficiently, which may be several years,
before its expiration with a view, if renewal is granted, to
ensuring that the licensee will have certainty regarding its
licence rights and obligations for a period of sufficient