The Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (Ispa) says it has welcomed an undertaking by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to finalise the process for the assignment of radio frequency spectrum to network licensees by the end of May this year.
The organisation has long lobbied Icasa to speed up the process of assigning [...]
The department of communications received R3,9bn in extraordinary proceeds from Telkom following the sale of its shares in Vodacom, according to the communications budget vote published alongside finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s national budget on Wednesday.
Total receipts increased significantly, from R3,4bn in the 2006/07 financial year, to R5,4bn in 2009/10. The R5,4bn consists of the Telkom/Vodacom [...]
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) hinted on Tuesday that it could take on cellphone operators over “astronomical” pay-as-your-go rates.
The regulator’s chairman, Paris Mashile (pictured), told parliament’s portfolio committee on communications that there was an urgent need for competition in the pay-as-you-go market, which was used mainly by the poor.
“This is an area we [...]
Telkom will give its customers a 100% “pass through” of the 36c/minute reduction in mobile interconnection rates, the company confirmed in a letter to parliament on Tuesday.
In the letter, Telkom’s group executive for regulatory affairs Andrew Barendse (pictured) said the cut would put back R1,3bn “into the pockets” of its customers.
“Telkom has decided to give [...]
Good news for SA consumers who don’t have access to satellite pay-TV is that the country is set to get terrestrial high-definition channels. The bad news is that they’ll have to wait at least another three years to enjoy the crisper images served up by HD broadcasts.
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), which regulates [...]
SA’s full migration to digital terrestrial television has been delayed until April 2013 at the earliest, meaning the country will switch off its analogue television signal at least 18 months later than government had originally envisaged.
The commercial launch of digital television, which was meant to happen in April this year, has also been delayed indefinitely. [...]
It’s official! The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has approved revised applications from Vodacom, MTN and Cell C: mobile interconnection rates, the fees they charge each other and other operators to carry calls on their networks, will fall from R1,25/minute to 89c/minute in peak times on 1 March.
Off-peak rates will remain unchanged at 77c/minute.
The [...]
Tensions are simmering between Internet service providers and industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), following the conversion of telecommunications licences last year.
Over the past two weeks, Icasa has sent letters to network and service licensees demanding to know what they’ve done with their new licences, TechCentral has learnt.
Hundreds of Internet service providers [...]
Sentech is in trouble. Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda last week outlined the damning findings of a task team appointed to probe ongoing troubles at the state-owned broadcasting company. Here’s one way to fix it.
Newly established state-owned telecommunications infrastructure provider, Broadband Infraco, will build five points of presence in SA’s major centres this year and will begin offering national backhaul connections on its fibre network at speeds ranging from 155Mbit/s to 10Gbit/s.
The company, which received a licence from the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) in October last year [...]
