Type of Licences

New Licences

On February 21, 2005, the Minister responsible for Telecommunications announced that new licences were available with the commencement of Phase III of the Telecommunications Liberalisation timetable.

Name of Licence	Licence No.	Application Form
Licence for Domain Name Registration	TUL 152	TU 052
Radio Spectrum Licence	TUL 103	TU 003
Point to Point Microwave Link Licence	TUL 105	TU 005
Public Local Area Network (Speech and Data Systems) Licence	TUL 110	TU 010
Public Wide Area Network (Speech and Data Systems) Licence	TUL 111	TU 011
Sellers and Dealers (Individual) Licence	TUL 112	TU 012
Call Centre Licence	TUL 114	TU 014
Aircraft Station Licence	TUL 115	TU 015
General Radio-Communication Station Licence	TUL 118	TU 015
Private Local Area Network (Speech and Data Systems) Licence	TUL 124	TU 024
Private Wide Area (Speech and Data Systems) Licence	TUL 125	TU 025
Ship Station Licence	TUL 130	TU 015
Class Licence Internet Services	TUL 131	TU 031
Class Licence Paging Services	TUL 132	TU 032
Licence for Radio-Controlled Models	TUL 133
Licence to Establish Ship Radio Station or Maritime Earth Station	TUL 135	TU 035
Licence to operate a Video Tape Rental Service	TUL 136	TU 036
Licence to operate a Satellite Television Receiver Antenna	TUL 138	TU 038
Licence to keep, install, erect and use an Amateur Radio Transmitter	TUL 139	TU 039
Licence for Sellers and Dealers (Class Licence)	TUL 140	TU 040
Service Provider (Class) Licence	TUL 141	TU 041
Cyber Café Licence	TUL 151	TU 051
Licence for a Citizen Band (CB) Radio Service	TUL 116	TU 016

OTHER LICENCES AVAILABLE AND ISSUED BY THE MINISTER

Name of Licence	Licence No.
International Simple Resale Licence	TU 007
Licence for Commercial Trunked Radio Station	TU 019
Licence for Datacommunications Services	TU 028
Service Provider (Class) Licence	TU 041
Sellers and Dealers (Individual) Licence	TU 112
General Service Provider	TU 02B
Network	TU 006
Cellular Networks	TU 001
Cellular Service Provider	TU 002
Service Provider Domestic and International	TU 002A

VALUE ADDED INDIVIDUAL LICENCES

Name of Licence	Licence No.
1) International Simple Resale Licence (SR)	TU 007
2) Resale of Leased Circuit Services	TU 007
3) Resale of Leased Circuit Services	TU 007
4) Internet Exchange Services	TU 007
5) Virtual Private Network Services	TU 007
6) Managed Data Network Services	TU 007
7) Store-and-Forward (S & F) Value Added Network Services	TU 007
8) Mobile Virtual Network Operation	TUL 007
9) Bandwidth Capacity Network Operation	TUL 007
10) Backhaul Bandwidth Capacity	TUL 007
11) Live Audiotex Services	TUL 007
12) Other (Applicant to Specify)	TUL 007

SATELITTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Name of Licence	Licence No.
1) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Station	TU 009
2) Tracking Telemetry and Command	TU 009
3) Earth Station	TU 009
4) Portable Satellite Communication Termination	TU 009

GENERAL RADIO COMMUNICATION STATION

Name of Licence	Licence No.
1) Base or Fixed Station	TU 015
2) Mobile Station	TU 015
3) Radio Telephone	TU 015
4) Ship Fixed Station (Coast Station)	TU 015
5) Aeronautical Mobile Station	TU 015
6) Fixed Ground-to-Air Station	TU 015
7) Fixed Link/Repeater Station	TU 015

VALUE ADDED CLASS SERVICE PROVIDER

Name of Licence	Licence No.
1) Callback/Call Re-Origination Service	TU 041
2) Internet-based Voice/ and or Data Services	TU 041
3) International Calling Card (ICC)	TU 041
4) Store-and-Retrieve Network Services	TU 041
5) Audiotex Services	TU 041

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