Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovation, Sam George has declared that persons and companies that have acquired frequency authorization but have not begun operations after two years of acquisition will have their frequencies revoked.
The Minister noted that the laws clearly stipulate that after two years of acquiring frequency authorization, companies must go live or operational, hence refusing to do so is a clear breach of the terms of acquisition.
Speaking in an interview on TV3’s New Day, April 11, 2025, Sam George said state assets cannot be held in abeyance, stating that such companies will have their frequency authorization terminated.
“When you are given the frequency authorization, it is for five years but the authorization is clear that you must go operational and live in 2 years.
“If you had the frequency for more than two years and you’ve not gone live, we are retrieving all of that, consider it that you have lost it.
“You cannot hold state asset in abeyance because the terms are clear when you were coming for the license, you were told to go live in two years and there’s nothing anybody can do about it,” he explained.
He said those frequencies will be given to persons who are willing to comply with the terms of acquisition.
“We’ll terminate them and make them available to people who are willing to go live and respect the terms of the frequency authorization,” he stated.
