The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced in a statement on Friday that it is now ready to issue the converted Individual Electronic Communications Services (I-ECS) and the Electronic Communications Network Services (I-ECNS) licences.<\/p>\n
ICASA published the following dates for the collection of the different type of ECS licenses:<\/p>\n
(i) Individual (Commercial and Public) Broadcasting Licensees must collect their converted licenses and separate frequency licences in the week of 8-12 September 2008;
(ii) Class Broadcasting Licensees must collect their converted licenses and separate frequency licences from 15-30 September 2008;
(iii) I-ECS and I-ECNS listed in Schedule A must collect their licences from 22 -30 September 2008.
(iv) Class ECS and ECNS must collect their converted licences from 25 September to 1 October 2008.
(v) Licensees residing in the Gauteng Province must collect their licences at the Authority‘s Sandton office, Block D Pinmill Farm 164 Katherine Street and contact Ms Barbara Paxinos at 011-566 3187 or Ms Lindeni Xaba at 011-566 3649. ;
(vi) Licensees residing in Kwazulu Natal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape Mpumalanga and Free Sate provinces must collect their converted licences at the relevant regional offices of the Authority
(vii) Licensees residing in Limpopo, North West and Northern Cape will receive their converted licences via registered mail.
(viii) The Authority will in due course issue a further Notice with regards to issue of the outstanding licences to the I-ECS and I-ECNS not listed on this Notice.<\/p>\n
Telkom, Vodacom, Cell C, MTN and Neotel are listed to receive I-ECS and I-ECNS licences after the finalization of Licence Fees Regulations.<\/p>\n
Further information on the licensing process can be accessed from Government Notice No: 31399, published on 05 September 2008.<\/p>\n