Browsing: Ispa

Unbundling the local loop — introducing greater competition and regulating wholesale pricing in telecommunications access networks — is the “single most important regulatory intervention” available to lower the cost of broadband in SA. That’s

The long-awaited hearings on local-loop unbundling, the process whereby competitors will be given access in some shape or form to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure, kick off on Tuesday at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s offices

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has warned that Telkom’s insistence on bundling its broadband data service with a compulsory voice service may mean that the company is “acting in a way that contravenes SA’s new

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has queried the status of two initiatives designed to ensure that all South Africans have access to affordable voice and data services. The body, which represents most ISPs in SA, wants to

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), an industry body, is keen to stimulate discussion about how certain broadband-related terms, including broadband itself, should be defined. It has posted a working document

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) wants the department of justice & constitutional development to relook at the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (Rica) because of the “near-impossible burden of

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) wants the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and other role-players to recognise the “unique opportunity” afforded by the availability of digital dividend

The Internet Service Providers’ Association wants the Independent Communications Authority of SA and the department of communications to inform industry of their progress in finalising the long-awaited spectrum

The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has finally put out a request for proposals for interested providers to host an Internet exchange in Durban. Potential providers have until

Telkom’s attempt to have one of two potentially damaging competition cases against it quashed has been dashed by the Competition Tribunal. The case relates to allegations of abuse of dominance referred to