A process called “digital restacking” could take up to two years to complete, delaying the allocation of prime radio frequency spectrum to telecommunications operators to 2022.
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Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane said government has set July 2020 as the firm and final deadline by which time analogue terrestrial television broadcasts must be switched off.
Government will give vouchers to indigent households to buy set-top boxes from commercial providers rather than continuing with a plan to run the project itself.
The Democratic Alliance has written to communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane to request clarity on the mandate of her newly appointed Broadcasting Digital Migration Advisory Council
Communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Monday that Sentech executive Aldred Dreyer will take over management of South Africa’s long-delayed digital migration project. He will lead the department’s
Following the successful trials in South Africa of digital radio broadcasting technologies, communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Monday that she will issue a policy directive to the regulator, Icasa
Controversial former SABC chairman Eddie Funde has died, the department of telecommunications & postal service said on Tuesday night. The ANC veteran, who became embroiled in a scandal involving Sentech
State-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech is burning through R150m/year in cash as South Africa’s digital migration programme drags on, telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele
State-owned signal distributor Sentech has lifted its suspension of 15 radio stations with outstanding signal distribution fees following a meeting with communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane and industry
Free Wi-Fi must be provided to communities in both metropolitan and rural areas, and to all public schools, clinics and libraries, the ANC has resolved. The resolution is contained in the report of the party’s 54th