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ICASA explains why it gave Kwesé TV a free-to-air licence Following the recent controversy surrounding the liquidation of Kwesé Play, ICASA has published a document explaining why it granted Kwesé TV a free-to-air TV broadcasting licence. “ICASA embarked on a comprehensive process as...

ICASA will launch an inquiry into must-carry regulations ICASA released a press statement announcing its intent to launch an inquiry into must-carry regulations to determine whether they need to be amended. According to ICASA, a point of contention within these regulations is the point that "a...

ICASA will hold hearings on new sports broadcasting regulations ICASA will convene public hearings later this month on the Draft Sports Broadcasting Services Amendment Regulations that were published on 14 December 2018. The regulator has received 39 written submissions from industry players...

Department of Communications pays ICASA after legal threat Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams announced that government has paid ICASA the first part of its annual budget, after the regulator threatened to take legal action against the department for non-payment. More then R100...

ICASA to launch legal action against Department of Communications ICASA has instructed its attorneys to launch legal action to force the Department of Communications (DoC) to release funding allocated to it by Parliament. Keabetswe Modimoeng, the acting chairperson of ICASA, told media about...

ICASA to develop new digital sound broadcasting regulations ICASA has finalised the process for developing a position paper on digital sound broadcasting (DSB) technology, stating that the technology will be beneficial in South Africa. The authority conducted an inquiry into the technology by...

Regulating a safe cyberspace is of public interest - ICASA ICASA has published its findings and position following an inquiry into its role and responsibilities in cybersecurity. It believes there is a provision in the Electronic Communications Act that empowers it to play a role in the...

Telkom failed me on 3 occasions. The First: About a year I got myself a Telkom 5GB LIT contract which came with a Huawei P10 Lite. What I was told I would get: Free Unlimited Instant Messaging/IM (Whatsapp, Viber etc). Unlimited Video and Music Streaming I loved it! Sounded great for the...

I send a complaint to ICASA regarding the RAIN network very poor performance due to over subscription. After 2 weeks got SMS that matter out of their jurisdiction. Referred to Internet Service Providers Association. Now that helps as much as trying to catch contents of a raw egg. ISPA is an...

Good day, I want to import and resell smartphones,routers and other communication devices. I dont know much about ICASA regulations about importing such devices. I want to import via freight\courier companies like DHL\Aramex. If I need ICASA approval,how do I get the approval?

ICASA extends deadline for certain mobile data regulations ICASA has published an amendment to the End-User and Service Subscriber Charter, extending the deadline for the implementation of certain regulations. The extension of the deadline aims to ensure that the enforcement of the deadline...

How political ads must be shown in South Africa this year ICASA has published its Final Amendment Regulations on Party Election Broadcasts ahead of the 2019 national elections. The regulations contain the guidelines for political election broadcasts (PEB) and political adverts (PA), and how...

ICASA amends End-User and Subscriber Service Charter ICASA has made slight amendments to the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter, which is set to be implemented on 28 February 2019. The regulations require mobile operators to roll over unused data, prevent automatic out-of-bundle data...

ICASA to investigate mobile broadband services The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published a notice of intention to conduct an inquiry into mobile broadband services. ICASA said the inquiry would be conducted in terms of section 4B of the ICASA Act in...

hello everyone I just had bad experience from Vodacom, they market Vodacom Smart Kicka 4 as LTE smartphone: I called 082 1950 serval times the agents kept telling me; yes if the device is Android it does support LTE but that is not the case after buying the device the smartphone is pure H+...

Goodday all. Both my wife and I are on a Free me 2 gig packages. Both upgraded in November 2016, two days apart. She is due for an upgrade now in August 2018 but I have to wait till November 2018. This will be a full 24 months after the last upgrade and then they say I can only cancel...

Mobile networks heading to court over out-of-bundle regulations fight ICASA is not discussing the possibility of an out-of-court settlement in the dispute over the implementation deadline for new data regulations. This follows an urgent application from Cell C to interdict ICASA from...

No plans to challenge ICASA’s out-of-bundle billing regulations - Telkom Telkom has no plans to challenge new regulations from ICASA regarding data expiry and out-of-bundle billing. However, the company has left open a review it lodged on a previous amendment to the End-User and Subscriber...

Hiya People, I'm doing some research as part of an ongoing intense argument with some friends... (where have you ever heard of such a friendly argument? :D) What we're basically arguing, and what I'm researching, is how a company (group of friends register a company, to make the operation...

Applications for new digital pay TV channels open The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has opened applications for broadcasters to apply for*multiplexer 3 digital terrestrial television spectrum.