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Amendment of licensing regulations
[27 October 2020] ICASA will be holding public hearings in respect of submissions received in relation to the Draft Class Standard Terms and Conditions Regulations. The hearings are scheduled for 6 November 2020, the details of which will be [...]
Ownership and Control of Service Licences
[26 October 2020] Public hearings on the Draft Regulations in respect of the Limitations of Control and Equity Ownership by Historically Disadvantaged Groups and the application of the ICT Sector Code will be held on 19, 20 and 23 November [...]
High-demand radio frequency spectrum
[25 October 2020] ICASA has requested responses to an invitation to apply for appointment as consultants to execute and implement the ITA for the auction of radio frequency spectrum in the IMT700, IMT800, IMT2600 and IMT3500 bands. ICASA-12-2020-tender-document ICASA-12-2020-terms-of-reference [...]
South Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
[23 October 2020] The report of the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (PC4IR) has been gazetted. Report of the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution ___ [18 July 2020] The National Planning Commission has released a Draft [...]
The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013
[22 October 2020] Information Regulator Presentation Quarterly Performance 8 October 2020 ___ [22 July 2020] The Information Regulator has published draft guidelines on the registration of information officers for public comment. Draft Guidelines on the Registration of Information Officers The [...]
ICASA inquiry into mobile broadband services competition
[21 October 2020] ICASA will hold public hearings on its Discussion Document on the Market Inquiry into Mobile Broadband Services on 26 and 27 October 2020. The hearings will be held at Radisson Blu Gautrain, Sandton with remote participation available [...]
ICT sector data collection
[19 October 2020] ICASA has initiated the process for collecting the data for the 2020 State of the ICT Sector Report, which will cover the period 1 October 2019 to 30 September 2020. The timelines involved are as follows: [...]
Audio and audiovisual content policy
[12 October 2020] The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies has published a draft policy framework on audio and audio-visual content services for comment: Draft White Paper on Audio and Audiovisual Content Services Policy Framework: A New Vision for South [...]
Digital and Future Skills Strategy for South Africa
[10 October 2020] Overview Digital and Future Skills Strategy South Africa September 2020 ___ [27 September 2020] The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies published a final National Digital and Future Skills Strategy for South Africa. National Digital and Future [...]
Competition in the digital economy
[26 September 2020] The deadline for comments has been extended to 30 October 2020. ___ [25 September 2020] What is this document about? In order to harness the promised benefits of digitisation South Africa must create a commercial and regulatory [...]
