Data levy

The data levy which was introduced last year for telecommunication companies in Fiji will be streamlined. Attorney-General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum in his national budget address said: “To keep things simple for the “telcos” and support our longstanding commitment to streamline the sector’s regulations, the data levy introduced last year and the telecommunications service licensing fee have been replaced with a single 2 per cent revenue-based telecommunications license fee.

“Half of a percent of that new, simplified fee will go into an existing trust fund set aside for the continued development of Fiji’s telecommunications industry, allowing us to further cement our standing as the ICT hub of the Pacific. I’d like to personally thank our telecom companies for their active participation in shaping this policy.”