Legal Instruments

These Regulations are made to provide for the rules of procedure of the Electronic Communications Tribunal.

These Regulations are made to regulate a. Activities of network operators and service providers who connect and route national and international traffic through an internet clearing house b. Operations of an interconnect clearing house licensed by the Authority.

These Regulations are made to give effect to the provisions of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775).

These Regulations are made to provide a process for the registration of a Subscriber Identity Module for Subscribers of Network Operators.

These Regulations are made to provide a process for subscribers to transfer from one mobile telecommunications service provider to another whilst retaining the mobile number allocated by the service provider from whom the subscriber is transferring.

These Regulations are made to provide a process for national identity registration.

The National Communications Authority (NCA) is required to issue guidelines and standards from time to time in accordance with Section 3(r) of the National Communications Act, 2008 (Act 769). In this regard, the Authority has made some amendments to the Special Numbering Resources (SNR) Administrative Framework and Guidelines.

These Guidelines aim to provide guidance for all stakeholders in the electronic communications industry and to provide them with a practical understanding of the Rules and operations of the DRC established under sections 84 and 85 of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act 775).

The main objective of this document is to assist Licensees who are required to pay 1% of their net revenues as annual regulatory fees to the NCA and contributions to GIFEC to accurately report and compute the applicable percentage of net revenues that are payable to the NCA and GIFEC. These Guidelines take effect from September 1, 2024.

These Guidelines are intended, among other things, to ensure fair competition amongst Licensees, Authorisation holders, Operators of communications networks and Service Providers of public communications services, whilst protecting the interests of consumers or users of communications networks or communications services, and in particular, their freedom of choice, and right to quality of service and value for money.

These Guidelines cover the sale, transfer, change or other disposition of a significant interest in a Network Operator, Service Provider or Frequency Authorisation Holder.

These guidelines establish standards to be adhered by all participants in the electronic communication service value chain, aiming to ensure environmental and public safety.

This was developed to regulate the transmission of Unsolicited Electronic Communications in Ghana. The Guidelines has been withdrawn effective 1st August, 2021. (https://nca.org.gh/2021/08/06/management-of-unwanted-calls-and-text-messages-2/)

This was developed to provide a regulatory framework for the efficient and continuous administration of the numbering resources.

The Type Approval Guidelines has been issued to enforce Section 3 (n) of the Act, which empowers the NCA to certify and ensure the testing of Electronic Communications Equipment for compliance with international standards, environmental health and safety standards including electromagnetic radiation and emissions.

These Guidelines has been introduced to allow data radio transmitters to operate in the UHF band, which is allocated on a primary basis to broadcast television services, on frequencies and at locations where that spectrum is not assigned to licensed services, while protecting licensed television broadcasting users operating in these frequencies from receiving harmful interferences.