Telecommunications operators and service providers wanting to bid for scarce radio frequency spectrum that can be used to build next-generation wireless broadband networks have been given more time to prepare. The deadline to respond to an invitation to apply (ITA) to participate in a spectrum auction has been moved back by more than a mon
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Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) has expressed worries that the planned auction of radio frequency spectrum for wireless broadband won’t have the desired outcome of stimulating competition in SA’s telecommunications industry. IS regulatory director Siyabonga Madyibi says
A top regulatory expert has lambasted the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) over its planned auction of spectrum for…
The country’s telecommunications operators will soon have something new to worry about. Government is formulating legislation that will give industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), much bigger teeth to tackle the operators over their tariffs
SA is about to auction off a chunk of radio frequency spectrum that can be used to provide wireless broadband services. Let’s hope our operators don’t do what their European counterparts did a decade ago with 3G spectrum. It’s known as the great telecommunications crash of 2001. Mobile operators in the UK and Germany bid ridiculous amounts — cumulatively, hundreds of billions of rand
Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda has named four new councillors to the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). They are Ntombizodwa…
Skyrove, a specialist wireless hotspot company, plans to launch an audacious bid for national radio frequency spectrum and, if it gets it, it plans to build a network to take on the country’s incumbent mobile operators. The company, run by CEO Henk Kleynhans, plans to participate in an auction for national radio frequency in the 2,6GHz ba
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has set out the details of the highly anticipated auction of spectrum to…
Wholesale mobile call termination rates will not be cut on 1 July, as previously envisaged by the Independent Communications Authority…
Icasa has issued a second invitation to apply for a potentially lucrative digital mobile television broadcasting licence. This follows its…