Why Icasa blocked TopTV adult channels
The rights of women to equality and human dignity trumped TopTV’s right to freedom of expression. This is one of the main reasons the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) decided not to allow TopTV to launch adult-orientated channels on its satellite pay-TV platform. Icasa finally published its
New spectrum fees to hit Telkom hard
Telkom could pay as much as R885m/year more in spectrum licence fees if new proposals by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) are adopted. Under Icasa’s proposed new fee structure, Telkom and other bulk users of spectrum — they include Transnet, Eskom, the SA National Defence Force and
Icasa proposals could cost SA billions – GSMA
The Independent Communications Authority of SA’s (Icasa’s) proposals for licensing high-demand broadband spectrum are “fundamentally out of line with international best practice”, the GSM Association (GSMA) has warned in a submission to the authority. The GSMA is a powerful industry lobby group
Icasa puts 4G spectrum licensing on hold
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has decided to postpone the licensing of “high-demand spectrum” in the coveted 800MHz and 2,6GHz radio frequency bands “until further notice” to ensure a forthcoming policy direction from communications minister Dina Pule is taken into
New national mobile network on the cards
Convergence Partners, the technology investment vehicle controlled by Dimension Data Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba, wants to work with partners to build a multibillion-rand national wholesale mobile broadband network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology. TechCentral has learnt exclusively that Convergence Partners
TalkCentral: Episode 61 – ‘This changes everything’
What a news week! In the latest edition of TechCentral’s TalkCentral podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson unpack the news that Convergence Partners, the technology investment vehicle of Dimension Data Africa chairman Andile Ngcaba, wants to work with partners to build a wholesale, open-access
Pay TV gears up for battle royal
MultiChoice flexed its legal muscle this week to keep the National Consumer Commission at bay, using a technicality in an attempt to squash the commission’s case against it. The pay-TV broadcaster was before the Consumer Tribunal this week because the commission believes that its subscriber contract violates the
MTN warns of ‘regulatory failure’
Cellular operator MTN has warned that the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s (Icasa’s) draft proposals for licensing of spectrum in high-demand spectrum bands have the “high risk” of leading to “regulatory failure”. Efficient licensing of spectrum in the two bands in question
Corporate action looming at iBurst
Telecommunications operator iBurst is in play and a deal could be announced within the next few weeks, according to several well-placed industry sources. TechCentral has not been able to establish which company is courting iBurst, which is owned by Wireless Business Solutions Holdings (WBS), but it’s
Cell C skewers Icasa over spectrum plan
Cell C has slammed telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), over its invitation to apply for valuable radio frequency spectrum, accusing the authority of opening itself up to legal challenge and of producing a document “so vague so as to not be capable of proper interpretation”
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