Power shortages cost South Africa as much as R118-billion last year, a drain on the economy that’s set to continue for two to three years unless urgent action is taken, a new study has found.
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A panel of experts under the leadership of the CSIR has submitted a proposal to declare eMalahleni, Klerksdorp and Beaufort West as preferred locations for wind and solar photovoltaic power projects.
Adaptive regulation is needed to ensure South Africa reaps the benefits of digitalisation that will integrate it more into the global economy. By Alison Gillwald.
Government’s planned wholesale open-access network should only get a small set-aside of radio frequency spectrum, with the rest auctioned off to commercial operators, national treasury has said.
The Valley of a Thousand Hills near Durban will be the site of a commercial TV white-spaces pilot project. The backers hope it will prove the feasibility of using the technology to roll out low-cost Internet access to rural areas countrywide.
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has asked Icasa to ensure that preferential access to spectrum is given to a new wholesale open-access network while opening the way for spectrum to be released to commercial operators.
The CSIR wants to engage much more actively with the private sector as it rolls out a new strategic plan to grow its revenue from industry and reduce its reliance on public-sector income.
The CSIR’s report on how much spectrum the agency believes should be assigned to government’s planned wholesale open-access network has finally been released.
South African telecoms operators will have to jump through several tricky regulatory hoops – and roll out services in rural areas first – to get access to new radio frequency spectrum.
A redrafted version of the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill will be presented to cabinet by the end of next month, a move that could finally take South Africa a meaningful step closer to awarding new spectrum licences.