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Domain name management
[17 September 2018] ZADNA has released a .za Registrar Fee review notice for comments, feedback and/or proposals regarding the review of the wholesale fee that applies to the .za second level domains. ZADNA members, .ZA SLD Registry Operators, .ZA Registrars, [...]
ICASA review of Number Portability Regulations
[15 September 2018] After publishing finalised Number Portability Regulations on 28 March 2016 – which have not yet come into force – it appears that ICASA has indicated that it will publish “the Correct Number Portability Regulations” and an accompanying [...]
Competition Commission Inquiry into Data Services Market
[15 September 2018] The Commission will hold public hearings on the Inquiry on 17 and 18 October 2018 at its offices in Pretoria. Those wishing to participate must: confirm this to datainquiry@compcom.co.za by no later than 21 September 2018, send a written [...]
End-user and Subscriber Service Charter
[15 September 2018] It is now 100 days since the amendments were meant to come into force. The only reason consumers are still waiting for the relief which these amendments introduce is because ICASA decided to litigate rather than mitigate. [...]
Progress in assignments in 700/800 MHz and 2.6 GHz
[18 August 2018] ICASA has announced that it will hold public hearings into its Draft Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plan (RFSAP) for the IMT850 band on 6 and 7 September 2018 at its Head Office. Radio frequency spectrum assignment plan for [...]
Type approval: confiscated equipment
[4 September 2018] ICASA has given notice that all equipment confiscated by ICASA inspectors in the period 2000 - June 2018, and that cannot be type approved as envisaged by section 35 of the ECA, will be disposed of. Any [...]
The Film & Publications Board and online content regulation
[4 September 2018] The Film and Publications Board, in terms of the Film and Publications Act, as amended, have published a revised set of Classification Guidelines for public comment. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by 26 October [...]
Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2018
[1 September 2018] The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2018 and its accompanying Explanatory Memorandum were published in the Government Gazette on 31 August 2018. Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2018 Explanatory Summary Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2018 __ [16 March 2018] [...]
National Gambling Act & ISPs
[2 September 2018] The National Gambling Amendment Bill [B27-2018] was introduced into the Portfolio Committee for Trade and Industry on 21 August 2018. Of interest to Internet service providers and related industries are two new proposed provisions to be inserted into [...]
Call Termination Regulations
[27 August 2018] ICASA has published two further notices in respect of the Amendment Regulations, the first of which is substituting a definition found in the draft regulations, and the second providing information on public hearings to be held on [...]
