Search results for: spectrum regulation

Fri, May 30th 2014, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

ICASA not licensing extremely high frequency spectrum

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has rejected claims it is planning to licence extremely high frequency (EHF) spectrum bands, saying the regulator currently has no regime under which such technology could be allowed to be used in South Africa. → Read more
Fri, November 15th 2013, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

ICASA must speak on white space spectrum – Hart

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) must regulate on white space spectrum, as developing white space technologies will benefit future generations, according to Arno Hart, project manager at the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET). → Read more
Tue, November 20th 2012, 09:32 · Vincent Matinde

Taxation and government regulations could stifle mobile growth

Taxation and regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa could kill the growth of the mobile phenomenal in the region, according to a GSMA report. → Read more
Mon, October 28th 2013, 10:00 · Kamau Mbote

Fairwaves targets remote Africa with GSM technology

Russian company Fairwaves has created low cost base stations and has its eyes on rural and remote Africa as its next market. → Read more
Wed, January 9th 2013, 11:30 · HumanIPO

US$10 billion LTE revenue predicted by 2018

Greater opportunities for independent Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks are predicted as part of the estimated LTE compound annual growth rate of 43 percent for the next five years worldwide, says a freshly released report by 4G Market. → Read more
Thu, July 17th 2014, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

Cwele asks parliament for $15m for telecoms ministry

South Africa’s newly appointed minister of telecommunications and postal services, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, has asked the government for ZAR159 billion (US$14.9 billion) for his department this year, to focus on infrastructure rollout, improving the regulatory environment and forging ahead with digital migration. → Read more
Mon, June 9th 2014, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi

ICTAK wants Safaricom denied operating licence

The Information Communication Technology Association of Kenya (ICTAK) has written to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) asking it not to grant Safaricom’s request for an operating licence renewal. → Read more
Mon, May 26th 2014, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: Paul Garnett, director, Microsoft Technology Policy Group

As TV white space technology gains traction across Africa as a viable solution for achieving universal internet access - with pilot projects springing up in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa - HumanIPO spoke to Microsoft’s director of technology policy Paul Garnett about the potential of white space technology and the need for regulation in the sector. → Read more
Fri, May 23rd 2014, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

ICASA may scrutinise telecoms mergers, acquisitions

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has said a number of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications sector may be subject to the regulator’s scrutiny regardless of any rulings by the Competition Commission, while also disputing the regulator’s failure to allocate more spectrum is responsible for the mergers. → Read more
Wed, May 21st 2014, 08:00 · Tom Jackson

Fines not enough to tackle poor Nigerian telecoms QoS – analysts

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) needs to do more than fine operators if it is to tackle the poor quality of service (QoS) in the country, according to analysts at Informa Telecoms & Media. → Read more
Mon, May 19th 2014, 13:30 · Chris Udemans

Zambia launches Digital Migration Policy

The Zambian government has launched its Digital Migration Policy, seeking to provide guidelines for the establishment and operation of signal distributors and the implementation of a licensing framework ahead of the planned 2015 switchover. → Read more
Thu, May 8th 2014, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju

MTN warns Nigerian government over more stringent licence conditions

MTN has warned the Nigerian government against making its licence conditions more stringent, claiming such action would increase the cost burden on telecoms subscribers. → Read more
Fri, April 25th 2014, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju

Liberia threatens to shut down illegal radio and TV stations

Television and radio stations operating illegally in Liberia will soon be shut down by the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), according to the authority’s commissioner of licensing and regulations Anthony McCritty. → Read more
Fri, April 25th 2014, 08:00 · Tom Jackson

WAPA to host Future Wireless Technologies Forum

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has engaged the Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) to assist bring stakeholders together at the Future Wireless Technologies Forum to discuss new and innovative technologies, products, and services in the wireless space. → Read more
Fri, March 28th 2014, 17:40 · Susan Mwenesi

Safaricom, Airtel purchase of yuMobile approved

The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has approved the applications of Safaricom and Airtel to acquire yuMobile, just a few hours shy of the deadline for approval and after Safaricom had accused the regulator of delaying the process. → Read more
Wed, March 26th 2014, 18:00 · Tom Jackson

SADC communications ministers to accelerate universal broadband access

Southern African Development Community (SADC) communications ministers have agreed at an Extraordinary Meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa, to accelerate progress towards universal broadband access. → Read more
Wed, March 12th 2014, 19:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

ICASA launches inquiry into ICT competition

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced a high level inquiry into the state of competition in the country’s ICT sector, citing the need to gauge the impact of rapid technological changes on local and international industry. → Read more
Tue, February 18th 2014, 20:00 · Guest Post

MTN stamps on low prices: Jose Dos Santos, acting CEO, Cell C

Dominant incumbents are typically defensive when any attempt is made to curb their otherwise abusive behaviour, but isn’t MTN taking it a bit far? Not content to make “super-normal profits” (more than normal profits, or the amount of revenue generated after paying costs, by a monopoly) for nearly 15 years, MTN wants to choke the consumer further by refusing to accept regulatory intervention under law, by the sector regulator, ICASA. → Read more
Tue, December 3rd 2013, 14:00 · Selipha Kihagi

Malawi launches TV White Spaces pilot project

The Malawi TV White Spaces (TVWS) pilot project for rural broadband connectivity was unveiled on Monday at a local secondary school in the city of Zomba, in Southern Malawi. → Read more
Wed, November 27th 2013, 06:00 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: Peter Lyons, GSM Association

As mobile uptake rockets across Africa, fuelling connectivity across the continent and boosting the popularity of mobile-based economic activities, HumanIPO speaks to Peter Lyons, director of public policy for the Africa and Middle East region at the GSM Association (GSMA), about how to leverage mobile to spur further growth, and what issues policy makers should be focusing on to facilitate connectivity in Africa. → Read more