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.
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Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has notched up a couple of successes on her watch. But the communications minister now risks making a hash of things.
Vodacom and MTN were by far the biggest spenders in South Africa’s spectrum auction, agreeing to cough up more than R5-billion each for prime access.
Rain is participating actively in communications regulator Icasa’s auction of broadband spectrum and expects its business to be a big beneficiary of the process.
Icasa has wrapped up the long-awaited spectrum auction. This is the full, unedited statement issued by the regulator following the conclusion of the process on Thursday.
The auction of mobile broadband spectrum will continue into next week after already raising more than the R8-billion expected.
Telkom has asked the high court in Pretoria to impose a “structural or supervisory” interdict on communications regulator Icasa over spectrum licensing.
Icasa will finally auction access to spectrum for mobile broadband services this week. But a looming court battle could still derail the allocation.
National treasury has allocated R300-million in additional funding to communications regulator Icasa for the 2022/2023 financial year.
Icasa has vetted and approved all six companies that bid to take part in next month’s radio frequency spectrum auction for mobile broadband services.