Expression of Interest For the License of Afghanistan’s Allotted Satellite Slot at 50 Degrees East

Announcement & Call for Expression of Interest

For the

License of Afghanistan’s Allotted Satellite Slot at 50 Degrees East

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) is responsible for Information Communication Technology (ICT) development throughout Afghanistan.  In order to facilitate rural ICT development and improve access to telecommunications services, MCIT has taken a decision to license its ITU-allotted satellite slot at 50 degrees east longitude, by virtue of an international competitive tender that will be conducted by the Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA).  ATRA’s intention is to make this slot available via license agreement to support both private and public telecommunications services.  Furthermore, the scope of this initiative is to provide only the space segment and associated control segment.  Provisioning of earth terminals and associated terrestrial infrastructure (i.e., the ground segment) is not within the scope of this requirement.