Icasa has wrapped up the long-awaited spectrum auction. This is the full, unedited statement issued by the regulator following the conclusion of the process on Thursday.
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The auction of mobile broadband spectrum will continue into next week after already raising more than the R8-billion expected.
Telkom and Rain have emerged as the winners in the first round of South Africa’s radio frequency spectrum auction.
Telkom has asked the high court in Pretoria to impose a “structural or supervisory” interdict on communications regulator Icasa over spectrum licensing.
Icasa will finally auction access to spectrum for mobile broadband services this week. But a looming court battle could still derail the allocation.
Icasa has vetted and approved all six companies that bid to take part in next month’s radio frequency spectrum auction for mobile broadband services.
Icasa has imposed new universal service obligations on mobile broadband operator Rain after it was awarded access to spectrum in the coveted 1.8GHz band.
Six companies, including Telkom, have applied to participate in the disputed upcoming auction by Icasa of radio frequency spectrum.
In a dramatic turn of events, Telkom has proposed withdrawing an urgent application to interdict Icasa over the licensing of broadband spectrum.
Ookla has released its fourth quarter report on South African mobile operators and Internet service providers.