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The Communications Minister has detailed changes to the entities in her portfolio.
Data costs have come down after mobile operators were forced to cut prices, but they argue that prices can't drop significantly until regulators auction the much-needed spectrum.
Television broadcasters like the SABC, e.tv and M-Net won’t be penalised for failing to meet local content requirements for the next three months.
The temporary release of high demand spectrum will last for the duration of the national state of disaster declared by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Icasa said.
Spectrum refers to the frequencies and more spectrum means better quality service and faster download speeds.
Earlier this month, the Competition Commission recommended that service providers reduce the price of data or face prosecution after finding that data prices in South Africa were excessively high.
The network has been slapped with a R5 million fine for failing to notify authorities in time before hiking the price of its 1GB monthly WhatsApp bundle.
United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa has called on the Independent Electoral Commission and the Independent Communication Authority to ensure the media report ethically and fairly on the elections.
The International Olympic Committee, Commonwealth Games, the International Cricket Council and Fifa are just some of the major sporting federations that have criticised Icasa's proposed draft regulations.
The party says telecommunication companies need to work with Icasa to find a way for the reductions to be realised.
In accordance with the Icasa Act, a councillor who is convicted of a crime, including fraud, is disqualified from holding office.
That’s the decision of Parliament’s communications committee after Mohlaloga was last month sentenced to 20 years in jail.
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) is set to introduce new regulations that will require network operators to change their practices regarding data expiration and out-of-bundle data billing. Here are five things you should know about it.
The charter states that users must be presented with an option to opt-in or opt-out of out-of-bundle usage.
Boxing SA have also said that if the regulations come to pass, it would cripple the professionalism of the sport in the country.
The Icasa boss, Rubben Mohlaloga, was found guilty of charges relating to money-laundering and fraud, involving an R6 million Land Bank scam.
Rubben Mohlaloga was found guilty of defrauding the Land Bank of about R6 million during his tenure as the chairperson of a Parliament portfolio committee in 2008.
Rubben Mohlaloga says Icasa does not agree with PSL’s notion that the proposed amendments want to ‘kill’ professional football in the country.
Icasa wants sports rights to be available on a free to air basis instead of the subscription.