What are the anticipated costs for adopting Marlin as a Service Provider?

The current fee schedule can be found in Exhibit D of the Marlin Service Provider Agreement.

It includes the following:

  1. Annual Administration Fees.The following Annual Administration Fees apply
    • Service Provider: US$ 10,000.00 per year
    • Service Provider with Service Element Provider Addendum: US$ 5,000.00 per year
  2. Marlin Certification Fees.As provided in Section 4.2 of the Service Provider Agreement, Marlin Certification Fees shall be paid by Service Provider.
    • US$ 1,500.00 per Acknowledgement for Compliance Testing under Section 3.2(b)
    • Note: Marlin Certification Fees do not apply prior to the Certification Requirement Date. No such Certification Requirement Date has been set at this moment
  3. Delegate Certificate Authority Fees (optional certificate).This is mentioned in Section 4.3 of the Service Provider Agreement.
    • US$ 3,000.00 per single set of DCA certificates for applicable specification per request
    • Note: If you use a Listed Trust Service Provider, you may not need your own DCA certificate.
  4. Security Operation Fees.As mentioned under Section 4.4 of the Service Provider Agreement, the following Security Operation Fees shall be paid by Service Provider
    • US$ 300 for up to 10 Product Provisioning Packets generated for Service Provider
    • Note: If you use a Listed Trust Service Provider for generating your keys, this fee may be paid to the MTMO by the Trust Service Provider on your behalf.

(Note: in the current version of the Service Provider agreement there are other charges for Smart Cards.  These are no longer used.)