How are concessions and/or licenses to provide telecommunication services granted?
Law 153-98 sets the principle of free provision of telecommunications services, and thus any company that complies with the established requirements (which include the need to be organized as a Dominican limited liability company) is entitled to request concessions for the provision of telecommunications services, which are granted by INDOTEL for renewable periods of five or twenty years. Concession requests must be handled pursuant to the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination. Licenses for the use of the radio electrical spectrum are granted by public bidding. As to broadcasting services, the applicants must be Dominican nationals.
