Icasa to adopt LRIC+ for pricing

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced that it has adopted the Long-Run Incremental Cost Plus (LRIC+) as the cost standard for the bottom-up and top-down modelling to determine the cost of mobile and fixed wholesale voice call...

Spectrum policy still up in the air

As the new Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services and the new-look Ministry of Communications start work this week, the issue of a policy directive on the licensing of spectrum is just one that has held over from the previous administration. According to a...

Broadband price war soars to new level

The Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, recently met with the Council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), and urged all parties to work together to cut communications costs in South Africa. The broadband market is becoming ever...

Wireless Technologies Forum set to meet

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has engaged the Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) to assist in bringing stakeholders from the regulatory field and industry together to discuss new and innovative technologies, products and...

DoC to support Icasa on MTR finalisation

The Department of Communications (DoC) will give the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) more support in reaching finalisation on mobile termination rates (MTR). Minister of Communications Yunus Carrim met with the Council of Icasa to discuss...