Terms and Conditions of Licences

 

Time span to obtain licences

 

 

 MAJOR LICENCE HOLDERS IN BARBADOS


Cellular Mobile

· Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited 

· Digicel (Barbados) Limited

· Ozone Wireless (Barbados) Inc.

 

Domestic Landline
· Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited 

 

International
· Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited
· Digicel (Barbados) Ltd
· Ozone Wireless (Barbados) Limited
· Ace Communications Inc. 

Full Domestic Licence
· Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Limited
· Digicel (Barbados) Ltd
· Ozone Wireless (Barbados) Inc.

Domestic Fixed Wireless (WiFi/WiMax)
· Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Ltd. 
 
 Domestic Data
· Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited
· Ace Communications Inc. 
 
Trunking Networks
 
 Submarine Cable Landing

· Antilles Crossing LP
· Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited

 

Paging Providers

 

Internet Service Providers
· Cable and Wireless (Barbados) Limited
· Ace  Communications Inc.
· Wi-Net Inc
· Digicel (Barbados) Ltd.
  
Broadcast Spectrum
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
900 kHz - AM
94.7 MHz - FM
98.1 MHz - FM
100.7 MHz - FM
 183.00 MHz - (TV Ch 8)
 201.00 MHz - (TV Ch 11)
 
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
92.1 MHz - FM
 
Barbados Broadcasting Station
90.7 MHz - FM
102.1 MHz - FM 

Starcom Network 
92.9 MHz - FM
95.3 MHz - FM
97.5 MHz - FM
104.1 MHz - FM
 
Mix FM
96.9 MHz - FM 

Barbados Community College
106.1 MHz 

Globe Cinema
107.3 MHz - FM
 
Habmar Investments Inc. 
101.1 MHz FM
103.3 MHz FM
 
Government of Barbados Media Resource Centre Radio
91.3 MHz - FM
 
 Goverment of Barbados Emergency Radio
98.7 MHz - FM (reserve)
105.3 MHz - FM (reserve)
 
Peoples' Cathedral (Christ Is The Answer-CITA Radio)
90.1 MHz - FM
 
Nothing But God
104.7 MHz FM
  
VALUE ADDED SERVICES
   Resale of Leased Circuits Services
   
International Simple Resale
   · Digicel (Barbados) Limited
   · Ace Communications Inc. 
  
Public Internet Access Services
   · Caribsurf (Cable & Wireless (Barbados) Ltd
   · Ace Communications Inc.
   · Wi-Net Inc
   · Ozone Wireless (Barbados) Inc.
  
Virtual Private Network Service
 
Managed Data Network Services

Bandwidth Capacity Exchange Services
   
Backhaul Bandwidth Capacity Services
  
Store-and-Forward (S&F) VAS

International Calling Card (ICC) Services
 
Live Audiotex ServicesResale

 

 

Updated: 30 Dec 2018

 

 

ICT STATISTIC UP TO DECEMBER 2013

BARBADOS

 

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

Fixed lines including ISDN and Payphones

148,735

143,358

140,668

137,486

135,353

92,907

134,261

Post-paid and pre-paid mobile subscribers

307,708

349,296

347,917

350,725

330,593

288,662

257,596

Prepaid mobile subscribers

233,792

277,921

278,309

281,850

270,581

260,324

205,613

Post-paid mobile subscribers

73,916

71,375

69,608

68,875

67,687

66,912

56,654

Mobile Internet subscribers

191,823

246,296

213,345

211,123

196,533

254,951

240,115

Fixed Internet subscribers (dial-up)

628

885

1,258

1,213

1,852

12,795

19,084

Broadband Internet subscribers

67,798

66,884

60,643

56,190

51,263

49,216

47,133

 DSL   subscribers

57,121

57,592

58,538

53,441

50,486

41,012

28,029

International Internet Bandwidth (Gb/s)

11,110

8,275

7,505

4,605

3,540

 

 

Barbados signs Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) Agreement with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) at a meeting held at the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Chief Telecommunications Officer of Barbados, Mr Reginald Bourne (left) and the Director of ITU's Telecommunications Development Bureau, Mr Brahima Sanou (right), are congratulated by the Secretary General of the CTU, Ms Bernadette Lewis after the signing of the CIRT Agrreement.

Government Notices

Government Notice - 2019 Licences

The following types of licences are renewable in January 2019 as they will expire on December 31, 2018

Licensees have until January 30, 2019 to renew their licences.

From January 31, 2019 to March 31, 2019 these licences may be renewed but a 25% late payment fee will be payable.

 From April 01, 2019, unpaid licences may be revoked by the Minister responsible for Telecommunications:

 

1. Sellers and Dealers;
2. Citizen Band Operators;
3. Amateur Radio Operators;
4. Model Equipment Owners;
5. General Radio Communications;
6. Fishing Vessels and all other Ship Stations;
7. Coast Stations;
 

 Date: 16 November 2018

Legislation

Link - Legislation Tab  at left - Computer Misuse Act, Fair Trading Act, Electronic Transaction Act, General Orders, Financial Management and Audit Rules 2011, etc.

 

HIPCAR Tab added at left - Model Text  for Cybercrime, e-Commerce, Freedom of Information, Licensing Regulations etc.

Update: 30 November 2012