The National Ordinance on the telecommunications provisions, (P.B. 2011, no. 37), requires a concession for building, maintaining and commercializing a telecommunications infrastructure. All the attached conditions, fee-related provisions and other requirements that apply to a concession, have been laid down in this National Ordinance.

The minister of Traffic, Transportation and Environmental Planning allocates to the holder of the concession those radio frequencies that are necessary for the implementation of the concession, which may be subject to prescriptions and limitations. Besides this, the concession holder shall be under obligation to ensure that the telecommunications infrastructure complies with the conditions as laid down in the National Ordinance to efficiently provide for telecommunications services to third parties.

The conditions to implement a concession in any case refer to the following obligations:

• Maintaining a good telecommunications infrastructure and good provision of service
• The manner and extent of the provision of service
• The collaboration between the holders of a concession
• The rates applicable to services rendered by the concession holder
• The confidentiality
• The protection of the privacy of the users of the services
• The periodic provision of information to the minister for the benefit of the supervision
• The establishment of a disputes committee for users with regard to the application of general terms and conditions to be laid down by the holder of the concession
• The extent and nature of the concession
• The duration of the concession
• The grounds for withdrawing the concession

Read more about the terms and conditions of performance, requirements, limitations, applicable fees and other provisions attached to the concession in the  National Ordinance on telecommunications provisions, (Official Gazette 2011, no. 37).