What ICASA can do for YOU and ME !
Icasa is a government body empowered to regulate the Telecommunications and Broadcasting industry in South Africa yet regulation is something they find hard to do. Some interesting reading material popped up when I visited the TRAI ( Telecoms Regulatory Authority of INDIA ) I then began to wonder what's the purpose of ICASA. However instead of complaining we can through the use of this forum start the movement towards Telecoms Freedom. South Africa is locked in a Telecoms apartheid where affordablity and access to many services separates the rich from the poor and the middle class just stay in the middle. Our Government speaks of changes in the Telecoms space yet not much is done. I simply live by the old proverb which states "Talk is Cheap" Yet in South Africa Talk is cheap for the Government and very expensive for the consumer. ICASA can start a world of change. Competition is vital to a healthy economy and increased GDP. Technology must be used to enhance the lives of people.
Mobile cellular Telephony links many a South African to the other side simply because of poor fixed line infrastructure in rural areas.
1. Mobile number portability
2. Interconnection Rates - Across all telecom operators. Fixed line - mobile - Voip - push to talk - as low as 10c per minute
3. Licencing of more operators
4. Use of other frequency bands like the GSM 400 and CDMA 450
5. Service level standards.
6. Regional licencing of operators.
7. Reduced cost to access international bandwith 10c a meg
8. Price controls for sms and mms
9. Reducing the excise duties and taxes on terminal access equipment for fixed mobile and mobile for a period of five years.
10. Encourage foreign direct investment by relaxed licencing commitments.
You may post your comments and suggestions under here. Maybe someone somewhere from Government who reads it will take notice and push for our Telecoms Freedom.
DXL - mobile
Icasa is a government body empowered to regulate the Telecommunications and Broadcasting industry in South Africa yet regulation is something they find hard to do. Some interesting reading material popped up when I visited the TRAI ( Telecoms Regulatory Authority of INDIA ) I then began to wonder what's the purpose of ICASA. However instead of complaining we can through the use of this forum start the movement towards Telecoms Freedom. South Africa is locked in a Telecoms apartheid where affordablity and access to many services separates the rich from the poor and the middle class just stay in the middle. Our Government speaks of changes in the Telecoms space yet not much is done. I simply live by the old proverb which states "Talk is Cheap" Yet in South Africa Talk is cheap for the Government and very expensive for the consumer. ICASA can start a world of change. Competition is vital to a healthy economy and increased GDP. Technology must be used to enhance the lives of people.
Mobile cellular Telephony links many a South African to the other side simply because of poor fixed line infrastructure in rural areas.
1. Mobile number portability
2. Interconnection Rates - Across all telecom operators. Fixed line - mobile - Voip - push to talk - as low as 10c per minute
3. Licencing of more operators
4. Use of other frequency bands like the GSM 400 and CDMA 450
5. Service level standards.
6. Regional licencing of operators.
7. Reduced cost to access international bandwith 10c a meg
8. Price controls for sms and mms
9. Reducing the excise duties and taxes on terminal access equipment for fixed mobile and mobile for a period of five years.
10. Encourage foreign direct investment by relaxed licencing commitments.
You may post your comments and suggestions under here. Maybe someone somewhere from Government who reads it will take notice and push for our Telecoms Freedom.
DXL - mobile
