Licensing
At the core of the Electronic Communications Act is a regime for the licensing of electronic communications services (ECS), electronic communications network services (ECNS), radio frequency spectrum and equipment (type approval).
ICASA inquiry into issuing of new individual service licences
[28 November 2025] ICASA has commenced an Inquiry into whether it should issue new Individual Electronic Communications Network Service (IECNS) licences. This follows the finalisation of a Ministerial policy direction to ICASA on 22 August [...]
policy direction on applications for individual electronic communications network services licences
[28 November 2025] As required by the final policy direction, ICASA has commenced an inquiry into whether it should issue new individual service licences and futher updates on this process are available here. This was [...]
ICASA
[28 May 2025] The Minister has formally appointed four new ICASA councillors (one returning) by notice in the Government Gazette. Appointment of new ICASA Councillors 28 May 2025 I, Solly Malatsi, MP, the Minister [...]
policy direction to ICASA on broad-based black economic empowerment
[23 April 2025] The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies has published a draft policy direction to ICASA requiring it to consider aligning its regulations on transformation with the broader industry code of good practice. [...]
list of individual and class licence holders
[5 May 2025] ICASA has published an updated list of holders of class service licences, current as at 28 March 2025. List of ICASA class licence holders 2025 __ [2 April 2024] ICASA has published [...]
ownership and control of service licences
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | [29 April 2025] ICASA has approved an application brought by Cell C to transfer control over its individual electronic communications network service [...]