ICASA spectrum fight, the courts must decide: Minister

If they decide against it then this country will continue to go backwards.
 
Can someone give me a quick short recap what is going on here?
 
Government is spending more time in court than actually trying to run the country.
 
Thor187 said:
Can someone give me a quick short recap what is going on here?
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Basically, DTPS has decided, ICASA does not have the authority to proceed with the process of allocating (using the economist meaning of the word allocation, not the ITU meaning) spectrum to mobile operators for the delivery of mobile services.

Hence after years of delay in getting on with the process, Icasa's auction invitation process is now being challenged with a view to blocking it until DoC completes another one of their never ending internal processes.

Sour Grapes if you ask me ....
 
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Right.... Mmm okey so what is DTPS end game here?

Money, tenders, corruption?
 
Dammit we just can't have nice things then again I don't like any of our mobile providers Vodacom the least so they are all sharks in my eyes.

MTC Namibië is am example of a good mobile company who doesn't fck over its clients left right and center.
 
Thor187 said:
Can someone give me a quick short recap what is going on here?
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Government are trying to entrench the oligopoly of the mobile network operators while preventing potential new competitors from entering the market, by auctioning spectrum for billions of Rands via a process that may not be very legally sound to begin with.
 
Crystal Web Management said:
Government are trying to entrench the oligopoly of the mobile network operators while preventing potential new competitors from entering the market, by auctioning spectrum for billions of Rands via a process that may not be very legally sound to begin with.
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Perhaps they should give one year for interested new entrants into the market to apply for a license. Each operator (including the new ones) pays a once off fee to gain access to the new open mobile network. Each operator then nominates their representitive for this new network. Together they need to plot where and when they are going to put up towers using this new LTE spectrum for them all to share.
 
Ockie said:
Perhaps they should give one year for interested new entrants into the market to apply for a license. Each operator (including the new ones) pays a once off fee to gain access to the new open mobile network. Each operator then nominates their representitive for this new network. Together they need to plot where and when they are going to put up towers using this new LTE spectrum for them all to share.
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I'd be happy with the FTTH/B model of "renting" the connection to provide services over existing networks.
 
koeksGHT said:
I'd be happy with the FTTH/B model of "renting" the connection to provide services over existing networks.
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That's just ordinary MVNO. It doesn't touch on spectrum which the oligopoly then controls, so your "reseller" rates are still through the roof.

The old idea of spectrum being a revenue generator for government and an oligopoly protector for a select few private companies has to come to an end if you want affordable mobile data. Consumers shouldn't be supporting more spectrum for a select few with multi-billion Rand price-tags. Consumers should be rallying behind a more open market in spectrum without the view of it forming part of government revenue. It's not government-owned, and naturally it should not be making billions at each auction for a select few.
 
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