Has a secret, back-room deal been reached between mobile operators and government over interconnection fees? All signs are pointing to…
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The SABC will receive a bailout of more than R1bn, communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda said on Tuesday. “We hope that…
JSE-listed telecommunications operator Telkom is taking its regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), to the high court over…
Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda will table a plan, aimed at dealing with SA’s low penetration of broadband Internet access, to…
The department of communications has called a colloquium this week to seek public input on national broadband policy. Previously, it would have been little more than a talk shop. But something constructive may flow out of this meeting. Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda has breathed fresh life into a ministry left moribund by his predecessor, the late Ivy Matsepe- Casaburri
Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda announced a token cut in peak-time interconnection rates between mobile operators, to take effect in February and March next year. The cut was half as big as the reduction the regulator had earlier contemplated, and off-peak rates weren’t cut at all
Interconnection rates are coming down. SA’s three mobile operators, MTN, Vodacom and Cell C, have agreed to cut the peak…
The department of communications has received about 50 written submissions from a wide range of sources ahead of next week’s…
As a regulator, there is need to pause and take stock, determining to what extent the socioeconomic policy objectives have been advanced. In this regard one has to take into cognisance the regulatory toolkit, which includes the licensing process, ensuring competition, enforcing universal service obligations and facilitating the equitable and meritocratic allocation of scarce frequency resources
The department of communications has announced an industry colloquium next week to discuss the formulation of a broadband policy for…