Posted by LA Thornton on Thursday, December 18, 2014,
ICASA has published a notice of hearings to be held in the proposed transaction between Neotel and Vodacom on 15-16 January 2015. This notice follows a call for written comment on the proposed transaction in September 2014.
It is not certain whether these hearings concern only the service licences of Neotel or both the service and spectrum licences, as neither notice mentions provisions of the EC Act concerning spectrum.
It is also not certain under what authority the proceedings are taking...
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Posted by LA Thornton on Monday, December 1, 2014,
On 27 November 2014, ICASA gave notice that it had accepted an application for the transfer of control of the service (and spectrum) licences of the subsidiaries of Business Connexion Group Ltd to Telkom SA SOC Ltd.
ICASA stated that the application was submitted in terms of section 13 of the EC Act, which concerns service licences. No reference was made to the provisions of the EC Act concerning spectrum licences.
ICASA stated in the notice that it has"published a notice on 10 October 2014 ...
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Posted by LA Thornton on Tuesday, October 14, 2014,
On 10 October 2014, ICASA published a
warning to iECS and iECNS licensees that transfer applications will not be approved "which do not have 30% equity ownership by HDGs", if filed after the publication of the warning.
Questions:
Will applications submitted prior to 10 October 2014 that do not have 30% equity ownership, be approved?
Does the warning amend the Licensing Process and Procedures Regulations, 2010, which state that ICASA has the authority to not approve (or approve) transfer applicat...
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Posted by LA Thornton on Tuesday, April 12, 2011,
ICASA has finally replaced the old Radio Regulations made prior to the Telecommunications Act, with the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations published on 31 March 2011. The Regulations set out application procedures (standard and extended) and forms and application fees. They also incorporate the spectrum licence exemption regulations and set out special provisions for services such as amateur radio, communal repeaters, burlar alarms, and citizen band services. It would appear that these "...
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Posted by LA Thornton on Wednesday, December 1, 2010,
Did you know that all licensees must provide a 50 percent discount to public schools and universities for Internet services, including connectivity charges, charges for equipment and charges for calls to an Internet service provider? For more information, contact info@thornton.co.za.
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Posted by LA Thornton on Thursday, November 18, 2010,
Did you know that all individual electronic communications service and electronic communications network service licensees must file tariffs with ICASA? For more information, contact info@thornton.co.za.
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Posted by LA Thornton on Tuesday, June 1, 2010,
Update: ICASA withdrew the invitation on 29 July 2010.
ICASA issued an invitation to apply for spectrum in the
2.6 GHz and
3.5 GHz bands in separate notices dated 28 May 2010. The applications are due to be filed with ICASA by
25 June 2010. ICASA also published a
Reasons Document and
Regulations on the procedures and criteria for granting licences where there are competing applications.
The ITA for the 3.5 GHz band is to class electronic communications network service licensees for the purpo...
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Posted by LA Thornton on Tuesday, January 12, 2010,
ICASA recently published a discussion document on ownership and control for public comment. You can download a copy
here.
The issue is discussed separately for broadcasting services on the one hand, and electronic communications services on the other. ICASA has indicated that the result of this consultation process in respect of broadcasting services is a recommendation to the Minister to alter the limitations on control provisions set out in the EC Act. In respect of electronic communicati...
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