Unilateral License Changes Create Investment Risk

This provision allows the NCA to amend licenses without any notice when citing national security, public safety, or public interest—completely bypassing the 90-day notice and hearing process required for normal amendments. Telecommunications operators make multi-million dollar investments based on license terms, but this provision enables the regulator to unilaterally change those terms instantly using undefined emergency criteria. The lack of objective standards for what constitutes an "emergency" or "essential public interest" gives the NCA effectively unlimited discretion to modify license obligations, technical requirements, or service conditions without allowing operators time to prepare compliance responses or challenge unreasonable amendments.