Telecommunications operators, Internet service providers and other interested parties have been given a little more time to provide feedback on government’s planned radical changes to legislation governing the ICT sector. The proposed
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Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw has skewered planned amendments to legislation that governs South Africa’s ICT sector, saying the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, which will introduce a wholesale
The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, approved by cabinet earlier this month, does not address the telecommunications industry’s “urgent need to access available spectrum”, Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub has
Cabinet last Friday approved the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, which, if enacted, will see sweeping changes to legislation governing South Africa’s ICT sector that will force through the creation of a
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele is poised to announce in parliament on Wednesday that there has been a…
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele is considering a proposal from six South African telecoms operators, and presented by Deloitte, that, if accepted, could help overcome the impasse between
CliffCentral.com founder Gareth Cliff set out a robust defence of free speech in a presentation at the Free Market Foundation in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening. It’s a wide-ranging and fascinating talk. Cliff
Free Market Foundation executive director Leon Louw made a number of misleading claims and inaccurate statements in a recent column published on TechCentral regarding engagements around thet
On 17 February, telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele held his second engagement with the information and communications technology sector on the national integrated ICT
Communications regulator Icasa has deferred a planned auction of high-demand spectrum indefinitely. In a notice published in the Government Gazette, Icasa said it is deferring the timeframe for the award process “until further notice”. The move is