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[1 April 2023] Please see below for links to the finalised Individual licensing regulations:

Amendment Standard Terms and Conditions Regulations for Individual Licences, 2023

Reasons: Amendment Standard Terms and Conditions Regulations for Individual Licences, 2023

Licensing Processes and Procedures for Individual Licences Amendment Regulations, 2023

Reasons: Licensing Processes and Procedures for Individual Licences Amendment Regulations, 2023

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[5 March 2023] ICASA has undertaken further consultations in the finalising of amendments to regulations governing the processes and procedures associated with individual ECS and individual ECNS licences. The regulator is specifically considering what it means to have control over a licensee and is proposing that the definition in the Competition Act be utilised when determining whether a transaction involving a licensee amounts to a change of control over that licensee.

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[23 August 2022] ICASA will be holding public hearings in respect of submissions received on the Draft Amendment Regulations on the Processes and Procedures for Individual Licences 2022. The hearings are scheduled for 14 September 2022 and will be held on a virtual platform, the details of which will be published in due course.

Schedule of hearings

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[15 August 2022] ICASA will be holding public hearings in respect of submissions received on the Draft Amendment Regulations Regarding Standard Terms and Conditions for Individual Licences. The hearings are scheduled for 25 August 2022 and will be held on a virtual platform, the details of which can be found below.

Schedule of hearings

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[26 May 2022] Submissions received on the Draft Amendment Regulations on the Processes and Procedures for Individual Licences 2022 can be found below:

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[26 May 2022] Submissions received on the Draft Standard Terms and Conditions for Individual Licences 2022 can be found below:

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[27 March 2022] ICASA has published draft regulations intended to amend the “Regulations on the Processes and Procedures in respevct of Applications, Amendments, Renewals, Surrender and Transfer of Individual Licences and Applications for Special Temporary Authorisations” for comment.

Draft Amendment Regulations on the Processes and Procedures for Individual Licences March 2022

The due date for submissions is 15 May 2022 and these should be submitted for the attention of Mr. Peter Mailula, per email PMailula@icasa.org.za.

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[23 March 2022] ICASA has published draft regulations intended to amend the Standard Terms and Conditions for Individual Licences for comment.

Draft Regulations: Standard terms and conditions for individual licences March 2022

The due date for submissions is 5 May 2022 and these should be submitted for the attention of Mr. Pascalis Adams, per email padams@icasa.org.za.

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[13 March 2022] On 31 January 2022 ICASA published drafts amendments to the Class Licensing Processes and Procedures Regulations for comment.

Draft Amendment Processes and Procedures Regulations for Class Licences & Explanatory Memorandum 31 January 2022

Due to a fault with the government printer’s the relevant gazette was not made public until after the closing date for submissions – 28 February 2022 – had passed.

The purpose of the amendment is to introduce an additional requirement for those registering with ICASA for a licence exemption for the resale of electronic communications services, viz. the registrant must provide a copy of “the signed commercial agreement or lease entered into between the registrant and ECS or ECNS licensee (not applicable to private electronic communications networks)”.

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[19 April 2021] Please see below for links to the finalised class licensing regulations:

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[3 November 2020] The schedules for the public hearings can be seen below:

Public hearings – Draft Class Standard Terms and Conditions Regulations (6 November 2020)

Public hearings – Draft Class Processes and Procedures Regulations (5 November 2020)

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[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 published in the government gazette once the schedule is confirmed.

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[16 October 2020] ICASA intends to hold public hearings in respect of submissions received in relation to the Draft Class Processes and Procedures Regulations. The hearings are scheduled for 5 November 2020, the details of which will be published in due course.

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[1 April 2020] The Draft Class Processes and Procedures Regulations & Draft Class Standard Terms and Conditions Regulations have had their dates for submissions extended to 18 May 2020 (previously 17 April 2020).

ICASA Media Release

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[19 March 2020] ICASA has published draft amendments to the regulations setting out the standard terms and conditions applicable to class service licences as well as its process and procedure regulations for class service licences.

Submissions on the draft regulations are due by 17 April 2020 and should be submitted to:

Draft Class Licensing Processes and Procedures Amendment Regulations, 2020:

Mr Peter Mailula / Ms Fikile Hlongwane:

E-mail: pmailula@icasa.org.za / fhlongwane@icasa.org.za

Enquiries can be directed to: 012 568 3657

Draft Amendment Standard Terms and Conditions for Class Licences, 2020:

Mr Peter Mailula (Project Leader) / Thabo Ndhlovu (Project Manager):

E-mail: pmailula@icasa.org.za / tndhlovu@icasa.org.za

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[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 and Procedures for Individual Licences Amendment Regulations, 2018

There was no public participation process undertaken around this amendment.

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[1 December 2016] Please see below for links to the finalised regulations:

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[18 November 2015] Hearings on the draft amendments to the various licensing regulations are taking place at ICASA on 18 and 19 November 2015.

Notice of Hearings

Submissions received by ICASA in response to the draft amendments:

Draft Amendment Individual Licence Process and Procedure Regs 2015

Draft Amendment Ind Licence Std Terms and Conditions 2015

Draft Amendment Class Licence Process and Procedure Regs 2015

Draft Amendment Class Licence Std Terms and Conditions 2015

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[30 June 2015] ICASA has published draft amendments to the regulations setting out the standard terms and conditions applicable to service licences as well as its process and procedure regulations for service licences.

Draft Amendment Class Licence Process and Procedure Regs 2015

Draft Amendment Class Licence Std Terms and Conditions 2015

Draft Amendment Ind Licence Std Terms and Conditions 2015

Draft Amendment Individual Licence Process and Procedure Regs 2015

Submissions on the four sets of draft regulations are due by 11 August 2015 and should be submitted to Mr Peter Mailula:

Fax: (011) 566-3658
E-mail: pmailula@icasa.org.za

Of interest is the proposed amendment to the Individual Licence Process and Procedure Regulations to include a process for an applicant to apply for the transfer of control of a service licence, an amendment required by the Electronic Communications Amendment Act 1 of 2014. This is the process which should have been in place for use by Vodacom and Neotel when applying for ICASA’s approval for a transfer of control over Neotel’s IECS and IECNS licences,

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[1 December 2015] Herewith the original regulations: