Access
One of the fundamental objectives of the Electronic Communications Act is the introduction of greater competition at both the services and infrastructure level. Interconnection, facilities leasing, number portability and carrier preselection are some of the remedies contemplated in the ECA. ICASA is also empowered to define and review markets and to introduce pro-competitive remedies, including pricing remedies, where a market is found not to be competitive.
rapid deployment of electronic communications facilities
| 2020 | 2015 | [23 May 2024] National Treasury has published a review of the implementation of phase 1 of Operation Vulindlela. Operation Vulindlela Phase 1 Review: Reflecting on progress on driving South Africa's economic [...]
ICASA Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plans (RFSAPs)
[4 August 2023] ICASA has published the following final RFSAPs: RFSAP for the frequency band 138 - 144 MHz RFSAP for the frequency band 156.8375 - 174 MHz RFSAP for the frequency band 335.4 - 380 MHz RFSAP for the frequency band 380 - 399.9 MHz RFSAP for the frequency band 406.1 - 410 MHz RFSAP for the frequency band 410 - 430 MHz RFSAP for the frequency band 440 - 450 MHZ
Electronic communications facilities leasing
[14 November 2022] ICASA has released its judgements in facilities leasing disputes raised by Telkom against other fibre network operators accused of using Telkom infrastructure to deploy their own networks without entering into a facilities [...]
Rights of licensees to deploy electronic communications networks
[10 September 2022] The City of Johannesburg has published a Draft Wayleave Bylaw for public comment. [pdf-embedder url="https://www.ellipsis.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CoJ_Draft-Wayleave-bylaw.pdf" title="CoJ_Draft Wayleave bylaw"] Submissions are due by end of the business day on 26 September 2022 and [...]
What more can be done to deliver fibre connectivity across South Africa? – Memeburn
It seems like we hear news of fibre developments every other week, as the likes of MTN, Vodacom, Vumatel and Telkom announce suburbs and projects. There’s no denying that many projects take place in affluent suburbs, but even [...]
City of Cape Town draft Telecommunication Infrastructure Policy
[28 July 2014] The City of Cape Town is in the process of drafting a Telecommunication Infrastructure Policy which will provide guidance to telecommunications providers and municipal decision-makers as regards the deployment of electronic communications facilities [...]