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Dear Talemwa Eddy
@EddyTalemwa
Coexistence is worth pursuing. Behind these hotspots are people’s savings, skills, and families. Protecting competition should make room for responsible small businesses while also holding established providers accountable.
Fair competition requires clear, proportionate rules, not rules that shield large companies from smaller competitors. Selling internet service also comes with responsibilities, including obtaining authorisation, securing suitable supply agreements, protecting customers, meeting equipment standards and paying applicable taxes.
Kenya and other countries can offer useful lessons. But comparisons should establish whether they actually hold licences, pay fees and meet regulatory obligations, rather than assume that the presence of operating hotspots proves they are licensed.
Your call to “regulate the business” is constructive. The @UCC_ED proposed collecting information from operators and working with their representatives to develop practical compliance pathways. However, registration alone does not grant permission to operate. #Tulinamwe
@UCC_Official @Bbossa @cbsfm_ug We need fair competition compare with Kenya …. We can all co-exist …
Don’t send people into unemployment!
Regulate WiFi business!
Say no to monopoly in telecom.
#hotspot #wifi
Operators without required authorisation should stop providing public internet services. Ongoing discussions do not permit them to continue. The @UCC_ED said registration and the reluctance to enforce aim to support formalisation; they do not authorise continued illegality.
Although a suspension has been confirmed and enforcement has been promised to be delayed, @UCC_Official will expressly communicate any changes to a deadline or directive.
Authorisation and enforcement timing are separate: delayed action does not render an unlicensed service lawful.
We recognise the anxiety for people who invested savings or borrowed money. Proposed registration and joint engagement aim to develop workable compliance pathways.
Follow the relevant notice rather than relying on rumours or assumptions. Dialogue is important, but it doesn’t replace authorisation.
Good day, Kaweesi.
@hnry_kws
Do not interpret a pause in enforcement as authorisation to continue operating an unlicensed hotspot business. The @UCC_ED expressly stated that registration and the timing of enforcement do not exempt operators from licensing requirements. It also does not confirm the claimed suspension.
I understand why this is concerning. Your equipment may represent your savings, borrowed money, and your family’s income.
The distinction is this: pausing enforcement changes when action is taken; authorisation determines whether you may operate. One does not automatically confer the other.
Unlicensed operators should therefore cease providing the service. Where the applicable notice requires the removal of installations, that instruction remains in force unless @UCC_Official expressly changes it. Do not assume that a reported enforcement pause cancels the removal requirement.
At yesterday’s engagement, participants agreed to register all players in the WiFi Hotspot business and to establish a joint committee to develop compliance pathways. These steps could help create a workable future, but registration alone does not constitute a licence.
The opportunity for dialogue remains. Protect your investment by following the applicable instructions and participating in the formalisation process, rather than relying on an assumed exemption. #Tulinamwe
@Bbossa @BakarLie @UCC_Official So since the deadline has passed, should Hotspot operators continue with business as the enforcement has been suspended, or should they take down their equipment due to the enforcement?
Attention, listed operators!
Under Section 5 of the Uganda Communications Act, Cap. 103, @UCC_Official is mandated to monitor, inspect, license, supervise, control, and regulate communications services in Uganda.
Settle your outstanding debts or reconcile your accounts by providing proof of payment within 14 days of this notice, or face debt recovery proceedings.
Act now!
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Under Section 5 of the Uganda Communications Act, Cap. 103, we are mandated to monitor, inspect, license, supervise, control, and regulate communications services in Uganda.
We urge the listed operators to settle their outstanding debts or reconcile their accounts with proof of payment within 14 days of this notice to avoid debt recovery proceedings.
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@MoICT_Ug @azawedde @UCC_ED @Bbossa
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Your proposal deserves serious consideration: keeping people connected without harming their livelihoods is worth pursuing. When rent, school fees or income depend on a hotspot, I agree that regulators should respond with empathy.
But empathy alone cannot establish that a service is authorised or properly regulated. Sympathy-based decisions may leave customers without remedies, expose operators to litigation or enforcement, and treat similar businesses inconsistently.
Rules should protect both entrepreneurs and customers. An ISP-agent arrangement could help, but “register them as agents” must clarify whose authorisation covers the service, whether redistribution is allowed, and who handles complaints, security, reporting and other obligations. Calling someone an agent does not resolve these issues.
Your “win-win” is a constructive proposal to test. #Tulinamwe
IF YOUR SAVINGS AND LIVELIHOOD DEPEND ON A HOTSPOT, YOU DESERVE A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE RULES.
Internet resale is a licensable activity. The issue is providing the service without the required authorisation and arrangements.
WHAT LAW APPLIES?
Section 22 of the Uganda Communications Act, 2013 requires a Commission-issued licence to provide telecommunications services. Under Section 78, providing or operating a telecommunications system or service without a licence is an offence.
Upon conviction, the offender may be fined up to 96 currency points (UGX 1.92 million), plus an additional fine of up to UGX 300,000 for each day or part-day the offence continues after conviction. Courts impose these penalties through proceedings; they do not apply automatically.
The Uganda Communications (Licensing) Regulations, 2019 set out the licensing framework. The Public Service Provider licences include capacity resale, with regional and national categories. The appropriate authorisation depends on the operation’s activities and scope.
WHY DOES THE ISP’S LICENCE NOT COVER THE BUYER? Because buying a service and independently providing a service are different roles.
The ISP is authorised to provide connectivity under its licence. If you then establish your own business, sell vouchers, set prices and serve paying customers, you are engaging in a separate service-provision activity. Your subscription receipt does not transfer the ISP’s licence to that business.
Likewise, an ISP’s permission to resell covers the supply agreement; it does not, by itself, establish regulatory authorisation.
DOES EVERY HOTSPOT SELLER NEED AN INDIVIDUAL LICENCE?
That shouldn’t be assumed. An independent reseller is different from a properly established agent operating under an authorised provider’s arrangement. A licensed company may have hotspot owners as authorised agents.
@UCC_Official must confirm whether a specific arrangement meets the requirements; simply calling yourself an “agent” isn’t enough.
WHAT ARE THE ALLEGED OFFENCES?
The central allegation is the unlicensed provision of telecommunications services. Any equipment, spectrum, installation, or other violations require their own applicable provisions and supporting evidence. A router, captive portal, or shared connection alone does not establish every alleged violation.
WHY REQUIRE AUTHORISATION?
It identifies who is responsible for the service, the applicable technical standards, how customer complaints are handled, reporting obligations, and lawful security requirements. Equipment type approval and permission to use another owner’s infrastructure are separate requirements that also apply.
Operators deserve proportionate requirements and practical guidance. A lawful pathway should preserve affordable access and viable livelihoods while ensuring customers know who to contact when something goes wrong. #Tulinamwe
PUBLIC WI-FI OPERATIONS
Earlier today, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) announced an enforcement exercise targeting illegal resellers of public Wi-Fi services across the country.
The exercise follows consultations with key stakeholders, including telecommunications operators, @URAuganda and members of the Wi-Fi Hotspot Association, on the regulatory challenges associated with the resale of public internet services.
Unlicensed providers are reselling internet access without the required authorisation, raising concerns about standards, consumer protection, fair competition, government revenues, network and infrastructure safety.
Under the Uganda Communications Act, no person may provide telecommunications services to the public without a licence issued by the Commission.
Addressing journalists at UCC head office earlier today, @UCC_ED said a nationwide enforcement exercise will involve identification and take-down of illegal installations and seizure of routers and related equipment. He encouraged all illegal operators to immediately cease operations and advised consumers to use internet providers licensed by UCC.
#ConnectedUganda2030
@MoICT_Ug @azawedde @JulesMweheire @Bbossa
Dear Baka Lee @BakarLie
That is a fair question. If you understood those words as reassurance that your business would be given a workable path.
The focus shifted from studying the model to making a regulatory decision. @UCC_Official initially engaged hotspot representatives, formed a multidisciplinary team, and temporarily suspended enforcement while the assessment continued.
It later concluded that the current model could not be licensed as presented because of gaps in authorisation, resale arrangements, tax reporting, equipment compliance and customer safeguards.
“Innovation comes first” recognises how new businesses emerge. It does not automatically exempt them from existing law while an appropriate framework is considered.
But your question still matters: the assessment should clearly explain the findings and outline practical next steps. It should not erase the commitment to explore a workable solution.
#Tulinamwe
Dear David @damuliradavid
If someone independently sells internet access to people around the workplace, that constitutes commercial resale and requires the appropriate @UCC_Official authorisation. Installing the router at work does not change the nature of the activity.
There’s a difference between an employer providing Wi-Fi for staff to do their work and someone inviting paying customers to use a connection. Genuine sharing of the subscription bill may call for a different assessment; labelling a charge a “contribution” doesn’t automatically settle the question.
Buying MTN WakaNet gives you subscriber access under the package terms, but it does not automatically transfer MTN’s licence or authorise you to operate a separate public internet business.
The practical next step is to ask MTN whether the specific package allows the intended resale, then confirm with @UCC_Official which authorisation or approved operating arrangement applies.
MTN’s commercial permission and @UCC_Official's regulatory authorisation are separate matters.
I can see why someone might view this as a way to bring in extra income. Before investing more, you need clear guidance, not uncertainty, about whether your business is lawful.
#Tulinamwe
@Bbossa I would also like to get clarification. If a person buys an mtn wakanet. Puts it at a work place. Then tells people around him that they can only be added at a cost. What happens? Does he also require a license
That is a fair question, @dickson_duros, especially if an established ISP can offer a compliant arrangement.
Forming a new company was one proposed route, not proof that it was the only option. An existing licensed provider’s proposal should also be assessed on its merits.
The distinction is between providing you with connectivity and taking responsibility for the service you deliver. A reseller agreement that permits redistribution does not automatically mean the ISP’s regulatory authorisation covers your operation.
@UCC_Official and the willing ISP therefore need to clarify whether its licence covers the proposed activities, what role you would perform, who handles customer complaints, reporting, security and other applicable obligations, and what further approval, if any, is required.
If an existing provider’s arrangement meets those requirements, the guidance should explain how WiFi Hotspot operators can participate. If it doesn’t, @UCC_Official and stakeholders may need to identify the specific gap. A sales promise alone can’t settle the matter.
Your suggestion deserves practical consideration. The goal should be a lawful, affordable structure that preserves viable businesses and clearly explains every requirement it imposes.
#Tulinamwe
@Bbossa If there are licensed ISPs willing to work with us and provide the reseller arrangements why not guide them , why do you want us to go through the trouble of registering a company so we can become agents under it yet established companies are ready to work with us
Thank you for that sir-harden @dickson_duros
I understand your point. A neighbourhood hotspot is much smaller than a provider serving an entire region, and its requirements should reflect that scale.
But “regional” refers to the geographic scope of an authorisation; it doesn’t necessarily mean the business must serve the entire region. The Public Service Provider licensing categories include capacity resale. Whether that category is appropriate for a particular small operation may require legal interpretation and guidance.
More importantly, the absence of proportionate licensing does not mean the underlying law no longer applies. Section 22 of the Uganda Communications Act requires authorisation to provide telecommunications services, while section 78 addresses unlicensed operation. Serving only your community does not, by itself, exempt you.
Your strongest argument, then, is that small operators need a clear, affordable, and workable path to compliance, not that no law applies. That concern deserves serious consideration.
I believe the best approach is to engage the regulator to explore which existing authorisation fits, what alternatives are legally available, and how the requirements can reflect your actual scale. #Tulinamwe
@Bbossa Does reselling internet to just my community make me a regional isp that i need to seek the PSP license? Ofcourse no, selling hotspot to a neighbour does not make one a regional isp so we are currently operating in a policy vacuum where that law doesnt act
Good day, sir-harden @dickson_duros
YOU’RE RIGHT TO CALL OUT THAT INCONSISTENCY.
A reseller agreement and an authorised agency arrangement are not the same thing.
A reseller agreement defines the commercial relationship, including whether the ISP allows you to resell its connectivity and under what terms. On its own, it does not grant regulatory permission to operate an independent public internet business.
An agency arrangement involves operating on behalf of a licensed provider within a properly authorised structure. Simply calling yourself an agent or receiving a letter from an ISP does not automatically mean your activities are covered.
A licensed-company and agent model remains under discussion as a possible way forward. It is still only a proposal, not an approved option available to every hotspot owner.
The advice, then, is to explore suitable supply arrangements with ISPs and obtain @UCCGH_Official's confirmation of the regulatory structure before operating under those arrangements. Neither step replaces the other.
#Tulinamwe
@Bbossa Which is which? In one post you will say there is no clear arrangement for a licensed isp to make you its agent , next post you will advise us to seek reseller arrangements with the same so can you be clear on that
UGX 1,000 WiFi meets a real need. The challenge is to keep connectivity affordable while making the full costs, responsibilities and customer safeguards clear. https://t.co/VkN94Bezbh
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Dear #FreeDrBesigye @mutungilmjz
I understand why you ask. To someone trying to earn a living, selling water and selling WiFi may seem like the same thing: buying a service and reselling it for a fee.
But that comparison alone does not justify any arrest. The applicable law, the supply agreement and actual activity must be examined.
With metered water, higher consumption increases the bill. If more water passes through your tap for resale, NWSC charges for those additional units. Whether resale is permitted is a separate question.
With a flat-rate home fibre package, adding paying customers generally does not increase the ISP’s subscription income. You collect additional payments while continuing to pay for the original household package.
You will also have changed your role: you are now selling an internet service and competing for customers. That brings responsibilities beyond paying the connection bill, including appropriate authorisation, permitted resale arrangements, applicable taxes, customer protection, equipment type approval and KYC requirements. A home subscription does not automatically satisfy these requirements.
The regulatory concern is those responsibilities, not merely whether the ISP earns more. Individual operators’ compliance must be assessed fairly.
Your enterprise deserves a viable future. Suitable commercial packages and an authorised operating structure could help preserve affordable access while providing your business with a lawful foundation. That is what further engagement should aim to achieve. #Tulinamwe
@Bbossa @jbahinyoza By this explanation, will it be normal for NWSC start arresting people who sell water from their taps?
Dear #MakingTechWork4U @lumaatic
Your concern deserves a serious answer.
A student losing access to lessons, a trader losing customers or an entrepreneur losing their savings is a real cost of disruption. Hotspot operators identified an affordability gap. Probably their experience should help shape the solution.
To recap, @UCC_Official's duty to protect citizens includes holding established providers accountable. Section 5(1)(e) of the Uganda Communications Act addresses excessive tariffs, while sections 5(1)(j) and (k) address complaints and consumer interests. Licensing enforcement cannot replace those duties.
The Commission completed a cost study in January 2026 to inform pricing. These studies assess the costs of delivering a service efficiently, including connectivity, infrastructure, maintenance and statutory charges. They inform price scrutiny, not close the conversation about affordability or excuse poor service.
On your office comparison, similar equipment does not imply the same business activity. An office connects employees for internal work. An entrepreneur selling internet across a neighbourhood provides a service to paying public customers.
That creates responsibilities for service quality, complaints, customer information (KYC) and lawful supply. Buying connectivity from a licensed ISP does not automatically authorise that separate business. Internal networks must also meet the applicable technical and contractual requirements.
Section 22 requires a Commission-issued telecommunications licence. Section 78 makes unlicensed provision an offence, with a court-imposed fine of up to UGX 1.92 million and additional fines of up to UGX 300,000 per day or part-day for continued offending after conviction. These consequences require legal proceedings; they are not automatic.
@UCC_Official cannot condone unlicensed operations while a replacement model is under discussion. However, explaining the illegality is only part of its response. Affected businesses need clear, practical guidance.
Your proposal for simple, affordable community licensing warrants legal scrutiny. A cheaper licence alone would not address the current model’s gaps in resale arrangements, tax reporting, equipment type approval, security, KYC and customer protection. Those requirements need a structure that small operators can realistically meet.
Some discussions have explored licensed companies purchasing suitable capacity, with hotspot owners acting as authorised agents. Operators, UCC, ISPs, URA and other relevant stakeholders should test whether this or another compliant arrangement can preserve affordable access and viable livelihoods.
The discussion needs to reflect actual costs, regulatory requirements, clear responsibilities and realistic milestones. Any transition must have a lawful basis; consultation itself does not authorise continued operation.
Your call to “regulate the model” offers a constructive starting point. Preserve what works for communities, fix what fails to meet the requirements, and hold large providers accountable too.
Success should mean more Ugandans connected affordably and reliably, with a practical, lawful place for small entrepreneurs to serve them. #Tulinamwe
Thembo, this is one of the most selfish and short-sighted moves you can make as a regulator!
First of all tell @mtnug , @Airtel_Ug and other "stake holders to make internet cheaper!! let us breathe
I don't know how much project management experience you have, but anyone who has managed projects understands that when people identify a market gap and start solving a real problem, the sensible thing is to create an enabling environment, streamline licensing, and let them operate legally—not disrupt their businesses while thousands of people depend on them.
Ugandans are struggling with the cost of internet access. Then someone comes up with a model that makes connectivity more affordable, extends access to underserved communities, and creates business opportunities for ordinary people, and our response is to make their operations difficult? Where is the logic in that?
a quick one Thembo, what is the fundamental difference between an office buying internet from MTN or Airtel and distributing it internally across its premises using routers, and an entrepreneur buying internet capacity and distributing it across a village, trading centre or neighbourhood at an affordable fee?
we admit .. there are legitimate questions around resale rights, network security, service quality, consumer protection, and licensing. Nobody is saying the communications sector should operate without rules. But surely, regulation should be proportionate to the scale and nature of the service being provided!
Why should a small entrepreneur trying to bridge the digital divide be subjected to a regulatory process designed in a way that could make the business unviable? Why can't UCC establish a simple, affordable, and fast-track licensing category for community Wi-Fi operators, publish clear requirements, and help these businesses comply?
You cannot preach digital inclusion while making it harder for people to access affordable internet. You cannot talk about innovation and entrepreneurship, then create barriers for the very people innovating at the grassroots.
REGULATE THE MODEL, NOT THE EXISTENCE OF THE MODEL. Make licensing accessible, enforce reasonable technical standards, and protect consumers without destroying the economics that make affordable community internet possible in the first place.
The objective should be to get more Ugandans connected, encourage competition, and expand access not protect the status quo at the expense of ordinary citizens.
honestly, Thembo, if these operators are willing to comply, help them regularize their businesses. Make the process swift, transparent, and affordable. Give them a clear transition period. Work with them, not against them.
Because at the end of the day, the person who loses when affordable community internet disappears is not the big telecom company. It is the student who cannot afford expensive data, the small business owner trying to operate online, and the rural household being priced out of the digital economy.
@Bbossa - What exactly are we regulating for if the outcome is that fewer people can afford to get online?
You are right, @DGisubiizo, to draw that boundary. A hotel shouldn't fear losing control of its network just because it buys internet from an ISP.
Managing the hotel’s LAN and the internet service supplied to it are different tasks. The hotel’s IT team normally manages guest vouchers, access points, security and how bandwidth is shared internally.
A Fair Usage Policy concerns the purchased internet service. Depending on the agreement, it may explain usage thresholds, traffic management and measures to protect other customers on shared infrastructure. These terms do not, by themselves, give an ISP authority to enter or reconfigure the hotel’s LAN.
Capacity planning also needs both sides: hotel IT understands guest demand, while the ISP must clearly explain the connection’s capacity, guarantees and restrictions. A voucher system alone establishes neither misuse nor sufficient capacity.
Any restriction should have a clear contractual and lawful basis. Customers deserve transparent terms and an explanation when their service is affected, consistent with the @UCC_Official's consumer-protection framework.
Usually, an agreement expressly covers guest WiFi, fair-use conditions, and each party’s responsibilities. This protects the hotel’s autonomy while ensuring the service is reliable.
#Tulinamwe
@Bbossa @jbahinyoza Do ISPs license allow them to interfere in LAN?Determining whether capacity procured by the hotel is capable of serving hotel requirements on voucher system is a role of Internal IT staff of the hotel not the ISP. Don't vest too much authority in the ISP to control people's LAN.
Dear Ibrāhīm
@Mubiru_55
I completely understand the frustration; feeling your hustle is being shut down stings, and wanting to fight back is human nature.
But taking an axe to cut down fibre poles isn’t "tit for tat"; it’s burning down the whole village just to spite the gatekeeper.
When you cut a fibre pole, you aren't hurting the big suits making policy. You’re cutting off the clinic down the road that’s trying to coordinate emergency care.
You’re taking down mobile money for local vendors trying to buy food, and disconnecting students studying late into the night. You're literally taking your own community out of the modern world.
Beyond that, it will cost you everything. Under Section 83 of the Uganda Communications Act, damaging telecom installations is a serious criminal offence that can land you in prison for up to five years, impose heavy fines, and force you to pay for all repairs out of your own pocket.
A moment of anger isn’t worth facing criminal charges or taking down the digital lifeline everyone around you relies on. #Tulinamwe
@UCC_ED @UCC_Official @mtnug @Airtel_Ug @URAuganda As your enforcing this, we will also cut down all fiber network poles in our plots of land, tit for tat.
Dear Enick Ramas
@EnickRamas
You are asking a fair question: if UGX 1,000 keeps someone connected all day, why shouldn’t affordable access like that be the goal? It should be. For someone studying, looking for work or supporting a family, that price makes a real difference.
Let me explain this by telling you a story. After Uganda’s 1979 upheaval, sugar briefly became cheap because sellers had obtained stocks by looting warehouses in an industrial area, meaning they did not pay the normal purchase costs. Once those stocks ran out, that price could not be sustained.
The point of the story is about what supports a price, not an accusation that hotspot owners are looters. A low selling price alone does not establish that another business can sustainably match it while meeting all its costs and obligations.
Hotspot owners do pay for connectivity and equipment. However, @UCC_Official's assessment found gaps in the model’s resale arrangements, taxes, regulatory obligations, Equipment Type Approval, and customer safeguards.
These missing responsibilities cannot be ignored when comparing prices. And buying a home-use package does not, by itself, authorise commercial public resale.
That doesn’t excuse expensive bundles or poor service from licensed providers. @UCC_Official will continue to pursue lower prices and accountability while working with hotspot operators to identify a suitable model for lawful participation.
Your UGX 1,000 example illustrates the demand. The challenge is to build a compliant model that can reliably deliver affordable access while preserving viable livelihoods.
#Tulinamwe
@Bbossa @kirya_ug @UCC_Official why are the legal out of reach for the average ugandan but the so called "illegal" provides a rather fair price. Now it's know that at 1k one can use the Internet whole day so why not push to have that but instead fight it.
Dear God Speed
@GodSpeedUg
I hear your concern. When a small hotspot business supports a family, enforcement can feel like the powerful closing the door on someone trying to survive.
You are right that MTN and Airtel have more services and resources. But businesses can compete in internet access without offering the same range of products. When someone chooses between a mobile bundle and paid hotspot access, both providers are serving that customer’s need to get online.
Fair competition shouldn’t require a small seller to shoulder every obligation placed on a national network. Instead, requirements should be proportionate, while preserving essential responsibilities for lawful supply, taxes, equipment type approval, and customer protection.
Large providers should also be held accountable for poor service, inadequate geographical coverage, and unfair practices.
@UCC_Official's assessment found that the current hotspot model could not be licensed as presented. That finding concerns how the business operates; it should not dismiss the value of small entrepreneurs.
There are several interesting ideas to explore, including bringing on board a licensed company to purchase capacity, with hotspot owners serving as authorised agents. Stakeholders should test whether this arrangement can distribute costs fairly while preserving affordable access.
Ordinary people deserve both protection and opportunity. A workable solution must take their livelihoods as seriously as it does its legal requirements. #Tulinamwe
@Bbossa @kirya_ug @UCC_Official But sir Mtn and Airtel have voice calls,data,mobile money,credit card use,etc the argument of fair competition doesn’t apply here it’s just wanting to press down on the commonest mhn
You make a fair point. For someone buying internet in small amounts, a nearby WiFi seller can be the difference between getting online and going without. Enforcement alone does not meet that need.
A clear, affordable licensing pathway warrants serious consideration. But reducing the fee must be accompanied by fixing the operating model. Otherwise, @UCC_Official cannot condone unlicensed operations while proposals are under discussion.
That makes practical engagement urgent: operators need to understand what they must change and whether they can afford it.
One option is for a licensed company or two to purchase suitable capacity, with hotspot owners acting as authorised agents. @UCC_Official, operators, ISPs and other stakeholders will assess that proposal alongside proportionate licensing options, based on real business costs and customer needs.
Small sellers bring experience worth preserving. Established providers must also improve affordability and service. The goal should be a lawful model that keeps people connected and gives viable businesses room to grow. #Tulinamwe
Affordable internet matters, but when residential Wi-Fi becomes a neighbourhood business, the real cost goes beyond price. This article explores the hidden legal, infrastructure and consumer-protection issues shaping Uganda’s Wi-Fi debate. https://t.co/b1CgxCiBf5
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