When broadcasters switch to digital television, a valuable chunk of radio frequency spectrum will be freed up for broadband. The country ought to have a debate now about how to use this spectrum to bring affordable Internet
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Virgin Mobile SA, the mobile virtual network operator, believes changes in the regulatory environment, especially ongoing cuts in call termination rates, will put it in a strong position to “challenge the status quo” in
Cuts in wholesale mobile call termination rates, the fees operators charge each other to carry calls between their networks, knocked R1,5bn off Vodacom’s top line in the 12 months to 31 March 2011
Telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), and members of the SA Police Service on Friday raided the head office and two satellite offices of controversial Internet service provider
MTN SA has begun work on a pilot network using long-term evolution, the next generation mobile broadband technology, and will have 100 base stations active in Gauteng by the end of the year. At the same time, the company is
MTN SA wants access to the spectrum that will be freed up through the move from analogue to digital terrestrial television sooner than the December 2013 deadline set down for the completion of digital migration. Now, its MD
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) needs R12m for software before it can auction the spectrum in 2,6GHz and 3,5GHz. The authority presented its medium-term strategy to the parliamentary portfolio
Parliament has reappointed Marcia Socikwa as a councillor at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) for a second term. Socikwa was one of two shortlisted candidates for the position, the other
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) says it wants to work collaboratively with the new National Consumer Commission. The authority’s remarks come after reports suggested it
Last week, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) held a workshop to hear the opinions of broadcasters and telecommunications providers on the fate of a chunk of spectrum known as the “digital dividend”