Telecommunications & Radio licensing

Scope of support

Telecommunications & Radio licensing services

Regulatory and transactional support for telecommunications operators, satellite providers, infrastructure developers, regulators, and governments across the Pacific. We advise on licensing, spectrum, connectivity projects, ownership changes, digital services, and regulatory engagement. Our work covers both traditional communications infrastructure and the expanding digital economy, including mobile and internet services, satellite connectivity, mobile money, payment systems, online platforms, digital assets, data-driven services, and technology-enabled financial products.

• Telecommunications licensing and authorisations
• Satellite, NGSO, gateway, and earth-station approvals
• Spectrum allocation, coordination, and compliance
• Submarine cable and digital-infrastructure agreements
• Transfer-of-control and ownership-change filings
• Digital services, data, platform, and universal-service regulation
• FinTech, digital-asset, blockchain, and technology-business structuring
• Regulatory sandbox, licensing, market-entry, and product-launch strategy
• AML/CFT, customer due diligence, sanctions, transaction-monitoring, and risk frameworks

Our approach

Focused advice for matters connected with Tonga and the Pacific

Every enquiry begins with an assessment of the matter, the relevant jurisdiction, and the support required. Scope, timing, deliverables, and professional fees are agreed before substantive legal work begins.

Where a matter involves another Pacific jurisdiction or specialist discipline, Semper Fidelis can identify the appropriate next step through its regional professional network.