Sentech has kicked off the process of “digital restacking”, an important step in freeing up frequencies for mobile broadband services.
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In a dramatic turn of events, Telkom has proposed withdrawing an urgent application to interdict Icasa over the licensing of broadband spectrum.
Icasa has appealed to Telkom to abandon its legal action aimed at stopping the upcoming spectrum auction, appealing to its “patriotic conscience”.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni will approach Telkom with a view to reaching an out-of-court settlement over the latest spectrum impasse.
North West will on Wednesday become the third province in South Africa to have its analogue television signals switched off.
Migration from analogue to digital terrestrial television is on track, communications minister Khumbudo Ntshavheni said, even as industry insiders express doubt.
Following a meeting with the CEOs of six of South Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure operators on Monday, Icasa is moving to license access to “provisional spectrum”.
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eMedia has filed papers in the high court to stop the communications minister from declaring a March 2022 date for analogue television switch-off.
Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said this week’s outage at Facebook is a reminder government can do more to support the development of local social media platforms.