Revenue from legacy fixed-line voice services and subscriptions has plunged by almost 60% in South Africa in the past six years, new research from Icasa has found.
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E.tv has filed papers with the constitutional court on an urgent basis seeking an appeal of the high court judgment that analogue terrestrial television broadcasts in South Africa be switched off on 30 June.
Just one working day before it was due to take on communications regulator Icasa in a high-stakes, week-long battle in the high court, Telkom has withdrawn its legal action over the recent spectrum auction.
Icasa’s draft amendments to regulations governing the expiry of data bundles, if implemented, could undermine product innovation that has made it more affordable for the poor to get online, Vodacom said.
Icasa has quietly published proposed regulatory amendments in which it wants telecoms operators to be forced to roll over data, voice and SMS bundles for a minimum of six months.
MultiChoice must negotiate a commercial agreement with the SABC to carry the public broadcaster’s channels on DStv, communications regulator Icasa has decided.
Cabinet has announced that South Africa will not migrate from analogue to digital terrestrial television until 2037 – at the earliest.
The uniqueness of South Africa requires that we use all available technologies, modern regulatory approaches and spectrum management reforms to get everybody online. By Yolisa Kedama.
Icasa has for a second time issued a public appeal to Telkom to drop its litigation over the recently concluded auction of radio frequency spectrum.
Telkom has decided it will press ahead with its legal action against the spectrum auction, despite the risk it could lose access to the frequencies it recently secured.