Icasa has blasted Telkom for once again taking it to court, a move that threatens the release of much-needed broadband spectrum.
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Telkom has again filed papers to try to stop the upcoming spectrum auction, a move that will likely see the company heavily criticised.
North West will on Wednesday become the third province in South Africa to have its analogue television signals switched off.
Icasa has licensed “provisional” spectrum to operators, ahead of an end-of-the-month deadline to do so, in the process resolving the threat of legal action.
The regulator is suspending expedited plans, at least temporarily, for licensing a wholesale open-access network.
Icasa is making steady progress in meeting the requirements for holding a long-anticipated spectrum auction next year.
Telkom, Vodacom and MTN have withdrawn their legal action against the communications regulator over the planned withdrawal of temporarily assigned spectrum at the end of this month.
Following a meeting with the CEOs of six of South Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure operators on Monday, Icasa is moving to license access to “provisional spectrum”.
Exclusive | The communications regulator is moving to defuse the looming court battle over its planned withdrawal of Covid-19 temporary spectrum.
Telkom has asked Icasa for additional spectrum in the 2.3GHz band – and the company is willing to give up its holdings at 2.4GHz to make it happen.