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Vodacom has filed court papers in support of an application aimed at stopping communications regulator Icasa from taking back temporarily assigned spectrum.
MTN has filed papers in the high court seeking to stop Icasa from taking back temporary spectrum at the end of November, joining Telkom in taking legal action.
Icasa said it will oppose Telkom’s court application that seeks to stop it from withdrawing temporarily assigned spectrum at the end of next month.
South Africans who work from home, study online and try to keep their businesses alive rely on connectivity, without which it all ends. By Paul Colmer.
eMedia has filed papers in the high court to stop the communications minister from declaring a March 2022 date for analogue television switch-off.
Telkom is taking Icasa to court to try to stop the communications regulator’s planned withdrawal of temporary spectrum at the end of next month.
The Internet Service Providers’ Association wants Icasa to crack open South Africa’s mobile industry to greater competition.
The regulator has set out a timetable for the licensing of so-called “high-demand spectrum”, saying it plans to expedite the long-delayed process.
South Africa will complete analogue television switch-off by March 2022, the cabinet said in a statement on Friday.