South Africa has its first minister of communications in the democratic era who isn’t a member of the ANC – and significant policy changes could be on the cards.
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E.tv parent eMedia has told Icasa that digital terrestrial television in South Africa has failed and has no future.
Media watchdogs have warned Icasa to act in the public interest regarding digital migration.
MTN will fight Vodacom’s lawsuit that alleged spectrum pooling arrangements with Cell C and Liquid were unlawful.
MultiChoice has argued that spectrum allocations should allow for higher-bandwidth digital terrestrial TV broadcasts.
Icasa wants spectrum to be shared and dynamically allocated based on demand, time, location and usage patterns.
Icasa reached the wrong conclusions in drafting new call termination rate regulations, Telkom has said.
Industry lobby group ACT has urged Icasa to practice “regulatory forbearance” to ease the impact of load shedding.
Icasa will hold public hearings into contentious proposed changes to wholesale call termination rates.
Government wants 2G and 3G mobile networks in South Africa shut down by 31 December 2027.