Icasa opens a market inquiry into telecoms affordability, the fifth such process in under a decade.
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Icasa has withdrawn the allegation three days after a councillor raised it in parliament, conceding it had done no investigation.
Polling finds 58% of registered voters would exempt US companies from B-BBEE in exchange for investment and jobs.
Operators say the rapid deployment rules, now in draft form, ignore the municipal wayleave bottleneck.
The regulator says it cannot issue new network licences for now, pointing operators towards buying existing ones.
The Competition Commission will investigate Canal+’s post-takeover decisions involving MultiChoice Group.
Icasa expects it will soon appoint a service provider that will run South Africa’s next spectrum auction.
The communications regulator said its price adjustments are in line with inflation.
South Africa’s ICT sector needs big policy and regulatory changes, Icasa chairman Mothibi Ramusi said.
Vodacom’s spectrum pooling case against Icasa and MTN will soon be heard in the high court in Pretoria.