Licensing
At the core of the Electronic Communications Act is a regime for the licensing of electronic communications services (ECS), electronic communications network services (ECNS), radio frequency spectrum and equipment (type approval).
ICASA administrative fees
[2 April 2025] ICASA has effected annual CPI-related increases in respect of the various licensing and type approval services which it offers. Notice regarding the increase of administrative fees in relation to service licences 1 [...]
end-user and subscriber service charter regulations
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | [30 March 2025] ICASA provided an update on its progress with amending these Regulations to Parliament. ___ [17 September [...]
ICASA complaints against licensees for non-compliance
[26 March 2024] ICASA has again called for non-compliant licensees to take steps to rectify their non-compliance. ICASA notice to non-responsive ECS and ECNS licensees (second notice) Licensees listed in Annexure A to the above [...]
Amendment of licensing regulations
| 2021 | 2020 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | [1 April 2023] Please see below for links to the finalised Individual licensing regulations: Amendment Standard Terms and Conditions Regulations for Individual Licences, [...]
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 [...]
National State of Disaster due to COVID-19 – South African Telecommunications Sector
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