Icasa Jacks Up Licensing And 'type Approval' Fees

According to a notice in the Government Gazette, Icasa will implement a 4.4 fee hike across its services portfolio. This includes the cost of type approvals for communications equipment, the administrative fees associated with applications for service licences, radio frequency spectrum licensing fees, and the renewal and annual fees related to unreserved postal services.

"Effective from 1 April 2025, all licensing and application fees will be increased by 4.4 based on the average consumer price index," Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi said in the notice.

According to the notice, the cost of type approvals for telecoms and terminal equipment, radio equipment, and all kit belonging to the 'simplified" and "badge engineering" categories will rise from R6 251 to R6 526. Kit belonging to the "untested variant" and "tested variant" categories, along with provisional type approvals, which used to cost R3 125, will now cost R3 262. The cost of various miscellaneous type approval related procedures will rise to R816 from the current R782.