Business · Nigeria
Obtain an ISP / telecoms licence (NCC)
License an Internet Service Provider / telecoms service with the Nigerian Communications Commission: incorporate → FIRS tax → apply to NCC → grant.
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Who you will deal with
The steps
- Incorporate a company (CAC)
- Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)
- Incorporate in Nigeria. No minimum share capital for an ISP licence, BUT ₦100,000,000 minimum share capital applies where there is foreign participation.
- Certificate of Incorporation; MEMART
- See CAC procedure
- Register for tax (FIRS)
- Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)
- Obtain the company's TIN and Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC).
- TIN; Tax Clearance Certificate
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- Apply to NCC for the ISP (Individual) licence
- Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
- Apply via the Licensing Application Management System. Pay a non-refundable application fee (5% of the licence fee) plus ₦10,000 on submission.
- CAC docs; TIN/TCC; business plan; application form
- Apply via LAMS
- NCC review and grant
- Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
- NCC responds within 90 days (Nigerian Communications Act 2003); on approval pay the licence fee within 30 days. Licence valid 5 years; renew ≥6 months before expiry and pay the annual operating levy.
- Approved application; licence fee
- Response within 90 days; valid 5 yrs
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The numbers behind the decision
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