The Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) has warned the “apparent intention” of the National Consumer Commission to force Internet service providers to carry over prepaid data purchased by consumers for up to three years could drive up
The telecommunications regulator came under attack last week after it published a long-awaited framework on local-loop unbundling. It was accused of, among other things, failing in its mandate. But the truth is it has limited room to move. The Internet Service
The telecommunications regulator is under fire from industry players after it published a framework for local-loop unbundling (LLU) on Wednesday, with one senior regulatory executive accusing it of having “failed to meet its mandate”, “kicking everything into touch” and being
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) will next Wednesday publish the framework in terms of which local-loop unbundling will take place. It will be published in the Government Gazette on 30 November. Publication of the document will precede
The department of communications is moving to wrest control over management of SA’s scarce radio frequency spectrum from industry regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), a reading of the Electronic Communications
Marc Furman of Internet Solutions and Jaap Scholten of eNetworks have been appointed as co-chairs of the Internet Service Providers’ Association (Ispa), an industry body. Mike Silber of Liquid Telecom has been named as treasurer. Other members of the management committee
It may have taken seven years and numerous legal challenges, but the Competition Commission’s case against Telkom finally made it to the Competition Tribunal on Monday. SA’s fixed-line operator stands accused of abusing its dominance by charging
Beginning next Monday, the Competition Tribunal will hear wide-ranging case against Telkom for alleged anticompetitive behavior that could see it fined as much as R3,5bn if found guilty. The case stems from an investigation conducted by the Competition Commission in 2004
Unbundling the local loop — introducing greater competition and regulating wholesale pricing in telecommunications access networks — is the “single most important regulatory intervention” available to lower the cost of broadband in SA. That’s
The long-awaited hearings on local-loop unbundling, the process whereby competitors will be given access in some shape or form to Telkom’s “last mile” of copper-cable infrastructure, kick off on Tuesday at the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s offices
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