The auction of mobile broadband spectrum will continue into next week after already raising more than the R8-billion expected.
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Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has proclaimed 31 March as the date that South Africa will switch off analogue television broadcasts.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on Tuesday repeated a claim that South Africa has switched off analogue broadcasting in five of the nine provinces. But this isn’t strictly true.
The department of trade, industry & competition is preparing a notice that will ban the importation of analogue television sets.
Sentech has kicked off the process of “digital restacking”, an important step in freeing up frequencies for mobile broadband services.
Icasa has appealed to Telkom to abandon its legal action aimed at stopping the upcoming spectrum auction, appealing to its “patriotic conscience”.
North West will on Wednesday become the third province in South Africa to have its analogue television signals switched off.
eMedia Holdings has reported a sharp increase in revenue and profits for the six months to 30 September 2021, driven by a surge in advertising sales.
Migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television is on track, communications minister Khumbudo Ntshavheni said, even as industry insiders express doubt.
Icasa is making steady progress in meeting the requirements for holding a long-anticipated spectrum auction next year.