www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) got petition from Telkom-Kenya to bring down the fee required to be paid by telecommunications companies to get a third generation (3G) license. It is the
second petition received by CCK in a month from any operator. Currently, the industry regulator is charging $25 million (Sh1.9 billion) from the telecom operators as a 3G license fees.

The operator feel that the amount is unreasonable and might frustrate the industry’s efforts to avail affordable communication services. According to Mickael Ghossein, chief executive Telkom-Kenya, any positive response from CCK will be welcomed as such a huge amount is involved in this project.

Earlier, Zain-Kenya said the operators will take long time to recoup investments due to low returns while they have to pay high costs for acquiring the license in a competitive environment.