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Electronic communications service providers and maintenance defaulters
[19 December 2018] The Maintenance Act has been amended and section 7 came into effect on the 5th of January 2018. Under section 7 where a maintenance court – upon application made by a maintenance officer – is satisfied that [...]
ICASA review of Number Portability Regulations
[18 December 2018] ICASA has published a Draft Ordering System Specification for Number Portability for public comment. The Draft Ordering System Specification for Number Portability The Draft OSS covers porting of geographic, non-geographic and mobile numbers and has been published in [...]
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013
[14 December 2018] Final regulations under the Protection of Personal Information Act have been published in the Government Gazette of 14 December 2018. Regulations relating to the Protection of Personal Information, 2018 Regulations relating to the Protection of Personal Information, [...]
Type Approval
[14 December 2018] ICASA has published a Draft Conformity Assessment Framework for Equipment Authorization which seeks to review and modernise the manner in which electronic communications equipment is assessed and authorised. This follows on from the Position Paper on Equipment Type [...]
Rights of licensees to deploy electronic communications networks
[12 December 2018] In our post of 8 April 2018 below we provide some analysis of the judgement of the Western Cape High Court in the matter of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) vs The City of Cape Town. This matter [...]
Amendment of licensing regulations
[12 December 2018] ICASA has published amendments to these 2010 Regulations which have the effect of exempting state-owned enterprises from having to comply with the requirement that they have 30% HDI ownership when applying to renew their individual licences. Licensing Processes [...]
Hate speech online
[12 December 2018] The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has invited stakeholders and interested persons to submit written submissions on the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill 2018. Submissions must be received by no [...]
Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
[6 December 2018] Interested parties are invited to nominate candidates to be considered for appointment to the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), as announced in the 2018 State of the Nation Address (then 'the Digital Industrial Revolution [...]
ICASA’s Cost to Communicate Programme
[3 December 2018] ICASA presented on its cost to communicate program on 26 November 2018. ICASA Presentation Cost to Communicate 26 November 2018 ___ [8 April 2018] The Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprises (National Council of Provinces) hosted a [...]
Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2018
[3 December 2018] Submissions and presentations made on the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill [B31-2018] can be found at the links below: ABT Africa Group Acacia Economics Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals Broadband Infraco Business Unity South Africa ISPA [...]
