Licences under the
Communications and Multimedia Act 1998
Individual Licence
Application
A person who wishes to provide facilities and/or services which require an individual
licence will have to submit the following to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia
Commission:
- a duly completed Form A together with an application fee of RM10,000.00;
- details as per the checklist attached
- Application template; and
- such other additional information or document as may be requested by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia
Commission shall complete processing the application and make a recommendation to
the Minister within 60 days of receipt of all relevant information from the applicant.
If the Minister agrees with the recommendation of the Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission, the Minister will grant an individual licence to the applicant.
Fees
For an Individual Licence the appicable licence fees are as follows:
a) Application Fee - RM10,000.00 (non refundable)
b) Approval Fee - RM50,000.00
c) Annual Fee - 0.5% of Gross Annual Turnover or RM50,000 - whichever is higher
To view the list of all applicable licence fees, please click here for Schedule 1
and 2.
Rebates
The Communication and Multimedia
(Licensing) Regulations 2000 provides rebates on applicable annual fees for holders
of individual licenses.
In order to obtain rebates on the annual fees payable, the individual licensee must
have incurred expenses on items related to industry development.
For further information on what these items are, please refer to the following documents:
Information Paper on Eligible Deductions for Individual Licence Fee Rebates. (Dated 20 December 2002)
Revised Information Paper on Eligible Deductions for Individual Licence Fee Rebates. (Dated 8 November 2005)
Individual Licensee who wishes to apply for rebates on annual fees payable will
have to submit the following to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission:
a) A duly completed Application
Form For Rebates; Word | PDF
b) Details as per the Checklist
attached;
c) Self calculation of rebate entitlement; Sample | Template
d) Attachments on the applicable Industry Development Rebates. For further information
and guidelines, please refer to "Appendices to Information Paper on Industry Development
Rebates (refer to pages 20 to 28) "; and
- Such other additional information or document as may be requested by the Malaysian
Communications and Multimedia Commission.
To facilitate the understanding on Process of Annual Fees Collection and calculation
of annual fees, please refer to Presentation
Annual Fees and Rebates and Working Example.
