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[Post updated 24 January 2012: dates for submissions amended after discussions with ICASA]

ICASA has finally published the Compliance Manual Regulations which set out the different reports which the holders of electronic communications services (ECS) and electronic communications network services (ECNS) licences are required to submit in order to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of their licences.

The result is a bit scary – licensees will need to make 19 different submissions to ICASA each year in order to keep their noses clean!

Below is a table setting out the different reports and deadlines for submission – note this is based on a licensee which has end February as its financial year end.

Submission Date	Title	Reporting Period
31 January	Sectoral Planning	1 Oct – 31 Dec of previous year
31 March	Code of Conduct	1 Sept of previous year to end Feb
	Code on Persons with Disabilities	1 March of previous year to end Feb
	Complaints	1 Sept of previous year to end Feb
	End-user and Subscriber Service Charter	1 Sept of previous year to end Feb
30 April	Standard Terms and Conditions	1 April of previous year to 31 March
	Universal Service and Access Obligations (if applicable)	1 Oct of previous year to 31 March
	E-Rate	1 Oct of previous year to 31 March
	Tariff	1 Oct of previous year to 31 March
	Sectoral Planning	1 January to 31 March
	Numbering Audit (if applicable)	Ongoing
31 July	Sectoral Planning	1 April to 30 June
31 August	Basic Financial Reporting	1 March of previous year to end Feb
30 September	Code of Conduct	1 March to 31 August
	Complaints	1 March to 31 August
	End-user and Subscriber Service Charter	1 March to 31 August
31 October	Universal Service and Access Obligations (if applicable)	1 April to 30 September
	E-Rate	1 April to 30 September
	Tariff	1 April to 30 September
	Sectoral Planning	1 July to 30 September

Ellipsis offers a regulatory compliance service to assist licensees in meeting the compliance challenges.

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