ECA comes alive

[rpm]

ECA comes alive

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE: telecommunications regulator Icasa has finally converted the licences of the incumbent telecoms operators and service providers, effectively breathing life into the Electronic Communications Act (ECA) for the first time.

 

[Tns]

my word! did icasa actually do something usefull?! whatever that was

 

[saffakanera]

This is truely great news, even in the face of the death of Hollywood legend Don Lafontaine , the "Movie preview guy".

Now, can someone borrow me R1 billion, I need to do something with some fibre cables

 

[stoke]

*applause*

 

[Guest 20221009]

Yay!

I believe that Hell will freeze over and the devil will give free slave right!

unbelieveable!! *Orders wisky for Ivy and the gang*

 

[DXL]

Only the Incumbent Operators ECNS

Only Telkom, Sentech, Neotel, MTN, VodaCom & Cell-C have been converted.

 

[AndrewAlston]

This article actually has major inaccuracies on it. Those of us with VANS licenses are *NOT* still waiting for the court decision, we're waiting for the conversion to I-ECNS, the court case is concluded!

 

[Gatecrasher]

Yeah, this article has been overtaken by events. ICASA must either go back to court, or back to the drawing board.

 

[dominic]

w.t.f?

are these people actively soliciting litigation?

 

[concerned]

Yep, and here is the court decision:

http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAGPHC/2008/268.html

This article actually has major inaccuracies on it. Those of us with VANS licenses are *NOT* still waiting for the court decision, we're waiting for the conversion to I-ECNS, the court case is concluded!