ICASA confirms that it has been served with an urgent application filed in the High Court, Pretoria by Telkom SA SOC Limited (“Telkom”) on Tuesday, 4 January 2022, in which Telkom seeks to, yet again derail the much anticipated and urgently needed licensing process for the International Mobile Telecommunications spectrum earmarked for auction in March this year.

The Chairperson of ICASA, Dr Keabetswe Modimoeng will join the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni on Wednesday, 22 December 2021 on the occasion of the analogue transmitter switch-off in the North-West (NW) Province.

The Council of ICASA has issued the final Invitation To Apply (ITA) in respect of the licensing process for the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum, also known as high-demand spectrum; and the ITA will be published in the Government Gazette today.

ICASA will reopen applications for both community radio and community television services. The new Invitation To Pre-Register (ITP-R) for community radio services will be issued no later than 15 December 2021. While the new ITP-R for community television services will be published in April 2022.

ICASA has concluded its analysis of applications for provisional assignment of radio frequency spectrum under the new ICT COVID-19 National State of Disaster Regulations, 2021, and resolved to grant licences to six (6) electronic communications network operators.

ICASA announces an additional dimension in respect of the WOAN licensing process