Tag: Icasa
Starlink banned in South Africa over lack of local content
South Africa’s ICT regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has asked IT Lec, a local Internet service provider (ISP), to stop...
Blue Label to take over Cell C in South Africa
Blue Label Telecoms, which owns about 49.5% of Cell C following the mobile operator’s recent recapitalisation, looks set to make an offer to take control of the...
Icasa gets new Acting CEO
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has appointed Nkhetheleni Norman Gidi as its acting chief executive officer.Gidi will act as the industry...
ICASA to license more broadband spectrum
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has kicked off the process of making more radio frequency spectrum available to telecommunications operators wanting...
Elephant in the room: The ETHICS of a Regulator joining an...
The MTN Group has just announced the appointment of the outgoing CEO of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Willington Ngwepe as...
MTN hires outgoing CEO of South African telecoms regulator
MTN Group has announced it is appointing the outgoing CEO of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Willington Ngwepe, as chief of...
SA Telecoms Regulator pushes for lower international call rates: how about...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is pushing for telecom operators in that country to use the principle of reciprocity to bring...
MTN, Vodacom spend biggest in SA spectrum auction
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icas) has completed the auction of high-demand spectrum for mobile broadband services, raising US$962.6 million in proceeds...
Telkom, Rain splash US$197 million in spectrum auction in SA
Telkom South Africa and Rain have won two slots of spectra each at a combined cost of over US$197 million in the first round...
South Africa: 6 firms apply for SPECTRUM ahead of disputed auction
Six companies, including Telkom, have applied to participate in the disputed upcoming radio frequency spectrum auction in South Africa. Telkom has a pending application in...