South Africa’s cabinet approved a policy proposal backing “open and shared networks” in its attempt to provide all citizens with better access to Internet services by 2030. The policy is intended to increase competition between providers by allowing
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Telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has unveiled a radical shake-up in the way South Africa’s ICT sector is managed, including a controversial change to the
The South African government has identified the ICT industry as one of the key sectors that will facilitate faster economic growth and radically transform our society. Last week, cabinet approved the national integrated
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Communications minister Siyabonga Cwele has secured an urgent court interdict preventing communications regulator Icasa from going ahead with its plan to license radio frequency spectrum for 4G/LTE broadband
Cabinet has approved the long-delayed national integrated ICT policy white paper, minister in the presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. TechCentral reported on Tuesday that cabinet was set to discuss the white paper
The high court in Pretoria will hand down judgment at 10am on Friday in the application brought by telecommunications & postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele against Icasa over the communications regulator’s plan to auction off
The national integrated ICT policy white paper, which is likely to set the cat among the pigeons over spectrum policy, will be discussed at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. The white
The failure by Icasa to explain what a reserved “Lot A” of radio frequency spectrum will be used for should result in the communications regulator being prevented from proceeding with its planned spectrum auction, Cell C has argued
Communications regulator Icasa has pushed back the date of a planned auction of broadband wireless spectrum to March 2017. It has also reportedly softened the requirements around black economic empowerment. The authority published