Network infrastructure service provider licenses may be granted to any investor, but the licensee must give preference to material and products made in Rwanda and service agencies located in Rwanda and owned by Rwandan citizens, or Rwandan companies that are majority owned by Rwandan citizens.
"I. PART 1: DEFINITIONS In this license and its appendices, the following terms have the following meanings:  [...]
13. Network Infrastructure: a physical infrastructure principally used for carrying Services and Applications and Content services. The infrastructure may include but is not limited to fixed links, radio communication transmitters, satellites and satellite stations, submarine cable, fiber/copper cable, towers, switches, base stations. International Network Infrastructure connected to national network to facilitate seamless connectivity and conveyance of Services and Applications and Content; 
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CHAPTER II: LICENSING REGIME, Section 2: CATEGORIES OF OPERATORS ENTITLED TO LICENSES
Article 9: Categories of Licenses 
The Regulatory Authority issues the licenses to operators who provide the following services: 
(1) Network infrastructure; 
(2) Network services; and 
(3) Application services; 
Article 10: Network Infrastructure Providers license 
Network Infrastructure Provider licensees must own, operate or provide any form of active infrastructure or passive physical infrastructure used for carrying or providing services, applications and content. 
The following must apply to all licensees under this category: 
(1) The licensee must construct, install, maintain, protect and operate the network infrastructure associated with transmission, reception and switching of electronic communications or electronic signal as approved by the Regulatory Authority and as described in the license; 
(2) Network Infrastructure Provider is standard licensed depending on the scope of operations and nature of the service; 
(3) The licensee must not operate or provide any new network infrastructure not described in the license except with prior approval by the Regulatory Authority;
(4) Depending on the nature of business, the terms and conditions of the License stipulates further details of operations.
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ANNEX 2: MODEL NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER LICENSE, Part 7: CONSUMER PROTECTION
Article 29: RWANDA PREFERENCE 
(29.1) In the implementation of its operations under the License, including without limitation, the purchase of equipment, construction, installation and delivery of facilities or any part thereof, the Licensee gives preference to: 
i. materials and products made in Rwanda; and 
ii. service agencies located in Rwanda and owned by Rwanda citizens or bodies corporate established under applicable Rwanda company laws which are majority owned by Rwanda citizens, to the maximum extent possible and in a manner consistent with safety, efficiency and economy of its operations. 
(29.2) In all phases of its operations under this License, the Licensee gives preference in its employment practices to Rwanda citizens, to the maximum extent possible and in a manner consistent with safety, efficiency and economy of its operations. 
(29.3) The Licensee must train Rwanda citizen employees and enable such citizens to qualify for advancement in both managerial and technical areas of the Licensee’s operations under this License. 
(29.4) The Licensee submits to the Regulatory Authority an annual report outlining strategies on the implementation of this paragraph. [...]" (REGULATION No 013/R/EC-ICT/RURA/2021 OF 25/02/2021 GOVERNING LICENSING IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION)
REGULATION No 013/R/EC-ICT/RURA/2021 OF 25/02/2021 GOVERNING LICENSING IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
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