Just one working day before it was due to take on communications regulator Icasa in a high-stakes, week-long battle in the high court, Telkom has withdrawn its legal action over the recent spectrum auction.
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Icasa’s draft amendments to regulations governing the expiry of data bundles, if implemented, could undermine product innovation that has made it more affordable for the poor to get online, Vodacom said.
Icasa has quietly published proposed regulatory amendments in which it wants telecoms operators to be forced to roll over data, voice and SMS bundles for a minimum of six months.
MultiChoice must negotiate a commercial agreement with the SABC to carry the public broadcaster’s channels on DStv, communications regulator Icasa has decided.
Cabinet has announced that South Africa will not migrate from analogue to digital terrestrial television until 2037 – at the earliest.
The uniqueness of South Africa requires that we use all available technologies, modern regulatory approaches and spectrum management reforms to get everybody online. By Yolisa Kedama.
Icasa has for a second time issued a public appeal to Telkom to drop its litigation over the recently concluded auction of radio frequency spectrum.
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.
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.