The following is derived from the ICASA Annual Report for the period ending 31 March 2011
Registration of Class Licences and Unreserved Postal Services
ICASA granted the following licences in the annual reporting period.
Licences/Certificate |
Number of Licences Granted |
Community Television |
6 |
Class Sound Broadcasting, including |
30 |
Class Electronic Communication Network |
86 |
Class Electronic Communication Service |
69 |
Unreserved Postal Service Certificates |
40 |
TOTAL |
231 |
Licence Amendments, Transfers and Exemptions
During the reporting period, ICASA has granted the following licence amendments, transfers and exemptions
Licences/Certificate |
TOTAL |
Individual Electronic Communications Service |
33 |
Private Electronic Communications Network |
18 |
Electronic Communications Service Licence |
7 |
Class Community Sound Broadcasting Service |
2 |
TOTAL |
60 |
Electronic Communication Network Services (ECNS) and Electronic Communication Services (ECS) Licensee Compliance
For the 2010/2011 financial year, ICASA compiled the following annual compliance reports as shown in the table below
Annual Compliance Report for certain Individual ECNS and ECS Licensees
Licensee |
Type of Licence |
Vodacom (Pty) Ltd |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
MTN (Pty) Ltd |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
Cell C (Pty) Ltd |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
Telkom (Pty) Ltd |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
Neotel (Pty) Ltd |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
Wireless Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
Internet Solutions (Pty) Ltd |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
Sentech |
Individual ECNS/ECS |
The Authority also completed an audit for both Individual and Class licensees to determine whether they complied with their
licence standard term and conditions obligation to commence operations within six months for Class licences and 12 months for Individual licences.
Numbering Applications
The following table details the number of applications received by ICASA for numbers from licensees for the provision of
communication services.
Type of application |
Number |
Geographic numbers, e.g. 011, 012, 015, 021 |
47 |
Non geographic numbers, e.g. 087, 086, 080, |
167 |
Geographic Number Portability (GNP) routing |
22 |
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) routing |
4 |
National and international signalling points |
26 |
Carrier Pre-select codes |
8 |
TOTAL |
274 |