Licensing & Services

In accordance with the Act and the Regulations, a Premium Rate Service provider, requiring a licence, is a provider who supplies a specified Premium Rate Service and is one or more of the following:

Premium Rate Service Provider means either one or more of the following:

1. An Aggregator Provider
   An aggregator provider means a person who does any or all of the following for gain:
   (a) packages together the contents of a premium rate service for the purpose of facilitating its provision,
   (b) makes available a facility as part of a premium rate service, and/or
   (c) transfers a premium rate service from a content provider to one or more electronic communications networks;
2. A Content Provider
   A content provider means a person who does any or all of the following for gain:
   (a) provides the contents of a premium rate service, and/or
   (b) exercises editorial control over the contents of a premium rate service;
3. An End-User Network Operator
   An end-user network operator means a person who does any or all of the following for gain:
   (a) provides an end user with the electronic communications service over which a premium rate service is provided, and/or
   (b) provides the electronic communications network over which a premium rate service is transmitted; or
4. A Terminating Network Operator
   A terminating network operator means a person who does any or all of the following, for gain, by agreement with or on behalf of, a content provider or an aggregator provider:
   (a) provides the electronic communications service over which a premium rate service is provided, or
   (b) provides the electronic communications network over which a premium rate service is transmitted.
   

Please read The Communications Regulation (Licensing of Premium Rate Services) Regulations, 2010 for a more extensive definition.