What MTN really wants from Telkom
For MTN to get the Competition Commission’s approval to acquire Telkom, it must structure the deal extremely carefully.
“This was a very predictable reaction to the Vodacom-CIVH deal,” Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions founder Dominic Cull told MyBroadband.
E-tv takes South Africa hostage over spectrum
E-tv owner eMedia has approached the Constitutional Court to further delay South Africa's switch-off of analogue TV signals, the broadcaster has told MyBroadband.
eMedia filed the papers on 4 April 2022.
Why Apple's Private Relay isn't available in South Africa
Apple said it would not be releasing its Private Relay feature in several countries, including South Africa, but experts suspect that the decision was made by the company internally rather than by a local regulator.
Private Relay is a...
These WhatsApp messages can now land you in jail in South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has proclaimed that most of the Cybercrimes Act will come into force tomorrow, including provisions on “malicious communications”, Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions reported.
These provisions criminalise the...
Icasa must stop micromanaging Internet companies in South Africa
Network operators are waiting from six months to over a year for the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to process routine licence transfer requests.
This is according to a statement issued by the Internet Service...
Fibre in SA: are we headed for regional monopolies?
International technology websites are full of complaints about cable Internet providers in the United States, and one can’t help but wonder if South Africa is heading the same way
at&t
comcast
dark fibre africa (dfa)
dominic cull
ellipsisregulatorysolutions
fcc
fibre-to-the-home (ftth)
headline
internet service providers’ association (ispa)
lte advanced (lte-a)
net neutrality
parkhurst residents and business owners association (prboa)
parkview residents' association (pra)
time warner cable
vumatel
Telkom local loop unbundling stalling and FTTH: the silver lining
Though local loop unbundling would have been great, Telkom’s stalling might end up being good for South Africa in the long term
Icasa must stop guessing
A panel of telecommunications industry insiders has shared their views on what is needed from Icasa’s next round of call termination regulations
angus hay
call termination rates (ctr)
centre for competition
charley lewis
dominic cull
ellipsisregulatorysolutions
headline
independent communications authority of south africa (icasa)
neotel
regulation and economic development (ccred)
ryan hawthorne
university of the witwatersrand (wits)
Did Icasa roll over on termination rate cuts?
The decision to delay the implementation of its latest round of call termination rate cuts was the right move by Icasa, a specialist lawyer has said
Spectrum responsibility porposal to shift duties to Spectrum Management Agency
A Spectrum Management Agency is proposed in an amendment to the Electronic Communications Act
dina pule
dominic cull
ellipsisregulatorysolutions
icasa
independent communications authority of south africa
spectrum allocation
spectrum licensing
spectrum management agency