Compliance calendar
The ICASA Compliance Manual Regulations 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 20 different submissions to ICASA each year in order to keep their noses clean!
Ellipsis offers a regulatory compliance service to assist licensees in meeting its reporting obligations.
Below is a table setting out the different reports and deadlines for submission – note this is based on a licensee which has 28 February as its financial year-end.
| Submission | Title | Reporting Period |
| 31 January | Sectoral Planning Report |
1 October to 31 December of previous year |
| 28 February | Code of Conduct Report |
1 September of previous year to end February |
| Disabilities Report |
1 March of previous year to end February | |
| EUSSC Report | 1 August of previous year to 31 January | |
| 31 March | Complaints Report |
1 September of previous year to end February |
| E-Rate Report |
1 October of previous year to 31 March | |
| Standard Terms and Conditions Report |
1 April of previous year to 31 March | |
| Numbering Audit (if applicable) | Ongoing | |
| 30 April | Tariff Report |
1 October of previous year to 31 March |
| Sectoral Planning Report |
1 January to 31 March | |
| Licence Fee Forecast Report | 1 March of previous year to end February | |
| Universal Service and Access Obligations (if applicable) | 1 October of previous year to 31 March | |
| 31 July | Sectoral Planning Report |
1 April to 30 June |
| 31 August | Licence Fee Report | 1 March of previous year to end February |
| Financial Report – USAF | 1 March of previous year to end February | |
| Code of Conduct Report |
1 March to 31 August | |
| EUSSC Report | 1 February to 31 July | |
| 30 September | Complaints Report |
1 March to 31 August |
| E-Rate Report |
1 April to 30 September | |
| 31 October | Tariff Report |
1 April to 30 September |
| Sectoral Planning Report |
1 July to 30 September | |
| Universal Service and Access Obligations (if applicable) | 1 April to 30 September |
For non-standard FYEs, the following template can be used:
| Form | Title | Submission date(s) |
| 1 | Standard Terms and Conditions | 31 March |
| 2 | Basic Financial Reporting | FYE + 6 months |
| 3 | Universal Service and Access Obligations (if applicable) | 30 April / 31 October |
| 4 | E-Rate | 31 March / 30 September |
| 5 | Tariff | 30 April / 31 October |
| 6A | Sectoral Planning | 31 January / 30 April / 31 July / 31 October |
| 7A | Code of Conduct | FYE, FYE + 6 months |
| 7C | Disabilities | FYE |
| 12A | Complaints | FYE + 1 month / FYE + 7 months |
| EUSSC | 28 February / 31 August | |
| Numbering Audit (if appl.) | 31 March |