VANS to get ECNS licences
ICASA today announced that it intends converting all VANS to both Electronic Communications Services (ECS) licences and Electronic Communications Network Services (ECNS) licences.
VANS licences granted after 19 July 2006, the date of the promulgation of the new Electronics Communications Act (ECA), will also be converted to ECS and ECNS licences.
The High Court recently ruled that VANS were allowed to self-provide and attempts by communications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri to challenge this ruling were unsuccessful.
This means that all VANS licensees can theoretically apply for Individual-ECNS licenses, but ICASA said that the decision on whether to award Individual or Class ECNS licences will depend on a variety of factors.
ICASA has invited written representations from interested parties on the process of converting VANS licences to ECS/ECNS licences.
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