Government will move with haste to ensure that spectrum suitable for building 5G wireless broadband networks is released to operators and has vowed to avoid repeating the delays in licensing spectrum for 4G.
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The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) on Thursday slammed communications regulator Icasa’s new call termination rate regime, saying it favours the industry’s larger players.
Telecoms minister Siyabonga Cwele must immediately release the full report of the CSIR into the spectrum requirements of the planned wholesale open-access network, the Democratic Alliance has said.
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has withdrawn his court action against communications regulator Icasa over the latter’s plan to auction radio frequency spectrum suitable for wireless broadband.
Telkom said on Wednesday that it is disappointed with communications regulator Icasa’s final call termination regulations and warned they could have an impact on its operations.
Communications regulator Icasa has amended its call termination regulations, the rules that govern how much operators may charge each other to carry calls between their networks.
Communications regulator Icasa has announced it will conduct a regulatory impact assessment on television must-carry regulations following strenuous objections by the SABC.
Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele will issue a policy direction to communications regulator Icasa to license “high-demand” broadband spectrum soon.
Communications regulator Icasa is moving out of its offices in Pin Mill Farm in Sandton to a new facility in Pretoria.
Telkom will embark on a fresh round of staff reductions to cut costs. The company on Thursday said it will offer voluntary separation and early retirement packages to employees beginning on Friday, 14 September.