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GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA
Opening Hours: Mon – Thur 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Fri 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
The Spectrum Management Authority, in accordance with the Companies Act of Jamaica, was incorporated as a limited liability company on 2000 February 1 and became operational in 2001 April. Since 2009 December 21, the registered office of the company is 13 – 19 Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica.
The statutory obligations and the operational principles of the Authority are in accordance with and fulfil Jamaica’s international commitments to the World Trade Organization‘s (WTO) telecommunication agreement, and the policy objectives enunciated by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) with respect to the liberalization of the telecommunications sector.
The Authority is financed through a cost-recovery mechanism, whereby licensed spectrum users are required to pay spectrum regulatory fees. The fee mechanism was originally established in 2003 and amended in 2017 pursuant to the Telecommunications (Spectrum Regulatory Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, Jamaica Gazette Supplement No. 16. The SMA also collects spectrum licence fees that are remitted to the GOJ’s Consolidated Fund by way of Tax Administration Jamaica since April 2017, following a reclassification of Spectrum Licence fees as tax revenue.
As aforestated in carrying out its mandate, the Authority operates within the legislative framework as established by the Telecommunications Act, 2000 and the Radio and Telegraph Control Act, 1973. Internationally, SMA is also guided by the rules and regulations of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technologies. As the global focal point for governments and the private sector, ITU’s role in helping the world to communicate spans three (3) core sectors: radiocommunication, standardization, and development.
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