The problems with communications regulator Icasa’s invitation to apply for the Woan licence are so significant that we might be witness to a process that will produce a stillborn entity. By Vuyani Jarana.
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Communications regulator Icasa will challenge a court application by Telkom seeking to halt the auction of high-demand spectrum licences seen as a key pillar of attracting new investment.
Icasa this week defended its plan to require successful bidders in the upcoming spectrum auction to support a minimum of three mobile virtual network operators amid industry criticism of the idea.
Vodacom South Africa is building a platform to support mobile virtual network operators and expects to launch this soon after the conclusion of the spectrum auction next March.
In this special edition of the TechCentral podcast, Duncan McLeod chats to three top industry experts, Steve Song, Kerron Edmunson and Mortimer Hope, to unpack Icasa’s invitations to apply for spectrum and the Woan licence.
Communications regulator Icasa has published an invitation to apply for parties interested in investing in South Africa’s planned wholesale open-access network, or Woan. These are the details.
Communications regulator Icasa will this week publish the long-awaited invitation to apply (ITA) for so-called high-demand spectrum in the Government Gazette. Here’s what to expect.
Icasa will issue two invitations to apply to participate in the spectrum auction and licensing process by no longer than the end of September, the communications regulator said in a statement on Thursday.
Could communications regulator Icasa miss its self-imposed deadline of licensing 4G- and 5G-suitable spectrum by the end of the year? There is now a real concern this could happen. By Duncan McLeod.
Miriam Altman, a commissioner on the National Planning Commission, joins TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod for a discussion on the Covid-19 lockdown, its impact, and how to save the economy.