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ICASA inquiry into digital sound broadcasting services
[19 April 2018] ICASA is launching an inquiry into digital sound broadcasting ("DSB") services in South Africa. The inquiry will examine the prospects of implementing such services, with particular focus on the manner in which this implementation could improve spectrum [...]
Community Broadcasting
[19 April 2018] ICASA provided an update on the status of the moratorium on the issuing of class community sound broadcasting service licences in Parliament on 18 April 2019. The relevant portion of the presentation is reproduced below. On 22 [...]
ICASA
[19 April 2018] ICASA Presentation: 2018/2019 Annual Report ___ [31 October 2017] ICASA 2016/2017 Annual Report ___ [19 October 2017] ICASA Presentation Annual Report 2016/17 ___ ICASA has made available their Annual Report for the period ending 31 March 2011. [...]
The Film & Publications Board and online content regulation
[19 April 2018] Film and Publication Board Presentation: 2018/2019 Annual Performance Plan ___ [2 March 2018] Report of the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the public hearings on the Films and Publications Amendment Bill B37 - 2015 20 February 2018 [...]
.ZADNA considering second level domain registrations (.za)
[16 April 2018] The .za Domain Name Authority (.ZADNA) is requesting Expressions of Interest for the provision of registry services for .ZA second level registrations. This process will run in parallel to the discussion document and is intended to assist .ZADNA [...]
Ownership and Control of Service Licences
[19 April 2018] The public hearings have been rescheduled with the revised date being 16 and 17 May 2018, the programme for which can be found at the following link: Schedule of public hearings ___ [20 March 2018] ICASA has [...]
Rights of licensees to deploy electronic communications networks
[8 April 2018] We have prepared a short note on the judgement of High Court in the Western Cape in the matter of Dark Fibre Africa v the City of Cape Town (14 December 2017) and its implications for the rights of [...]
ICASA’s Cost to Communicate Programme
[8 April 2018] The Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprises (National Council of Provinces) hosted a stakeholder briefing on reducing the cost to communicate on 27 March 2018. Presentations were received from ICASA, Telkom, MTN and Cell C. ICASA Telkom [...]
ITU Questionnaires
[4 April 2018] ICASA has released the International Telecommunications Union’s Short Questionnaire on telecommunications statistics for 2017. The Short Questionnaire consists of 14 indicators and covers the period from January 2017 to December 2017. Licensees are required to submit their responses by [...]
Inquiry into competition in subscription television broadcasting services
[4 April 2018] ICASA will be holding public hearings in respect of the the Discussion Document on the Inquiry into Subscription Television Broadcasting Services on 7 to 11 May 2018 at ICASA's offices in Sandton. Those stakeholders who provided written [...]
