Icasa says South Africa’s trade in second-hand network licences isn’t working and wants direct applications instead.
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South Africa’s biggest telecoms operators say they cannot endorse Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.
Vodacom wants Icasa to assign the defunct Woan spectrum to operators for satellite-to-phone services.
Vodacom Group CTO Dejan Kastelic says South Africa could switch off 3G within two years if operators act together.
Vodacom will book a R23.2-billion gain on Safaricom, even as Kenya’s courts weigh undoing the deal.
Paris Mashile led Icasa’s fight to cut mobile termination rates, and admitted when the regulator fell short.
Vodacom’s summer bundles price smartphone data at R3.53/GB, but half of each bundle only works between midnight and 5am.
A new policy direction asks Icasa to define essential facilities and sets out a dispute process that could pause roll-outs.
The telecoms group wants one body to coordinate AI rules, with existing sector regulators doing the enforcing.
TechCentral’s sums suggest a driverless Tesla Cybercab would struggle to pay its way in Sandton.