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February 1, 2010 – 9:06 am by Lisa ThorntonNEW FINDINGS, JUDGMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
ICASA
- ICASA has requested individual licensees to provide proof of operations in line with the standard terms and conditions of licences. Read more here.
- ICASA announced that it would not accept contractual provisions imposed on it by cellular licensees to restrict it ability to regulation interconnection rates until 2013. Read more here.
- ICASA has published regulations re Technical Standards for Electronic Communications Equipment, 22 Jan 2010.
NEW PROCEEDINGS
ICASA
Proposed rules and procedures for the Complaints and Compliance Committee. Due 5 March 2010.
PENDING PROCEEDINGS - REPRESENTATIONS DUE
ICASA
- Tender - supply of broadcasting monitoring system. Due 5 Feb 2010.
- Tender - supply of an EMI monitoring receiver. Due 12 Feb 2010.
- Discussion Document on Ownership and Control Issues. Comment due 19 Feb 2010. Read more here.
Dept of Trade and Industry
DTI published draft Companies Regulations for comment due 1 March 2010.
PENDING PROCEEDINGS - OUTCOME AWAITED
Parliament
Protection of Personal Information Bill
Minister of Communications
- Policy directions re spectrum for SKA
- Public Service Broadcasting Bill
- Amendment to policy direction regarding the licensing of InfraCo
- Broadband policy
- Spectrum policy
- Strategy on local and digital content development
- Deletion of policy direction re the conversion of USALs
- Set top box manufacturing sector development strategy
- Study on the trends of digital local content and uptake rates
- Guidelines re electronic communications facilities (undersea cables)
- ICT Charter regarding BEE
Department of Communications / Icasa
- Under-serviced area licences (second and third rounds)
- GMPCS licences
ICASA
[Pending decisions about individual licenses and complaints are not included in this list]
- Handset subsidy regulations
- Amended E-rate regulations
- Facilities leasing regulations
- Regulations relating the licensing of spectrum for mobile TV
- Regulations concerning procedures for ICASA inspectors
- Digital terrestrial TV regulations
- Regulations for competing spectrum applications
- Revised regulations for service licence applications
- Interconnection regulations
- Spectrum licence fee regulations
- Carrier pre-selection regulations
- Radio frequency band plan
- Must carry obligations
- Schedule for periodic review of relevant markets
- Regulations for monitoring and investigating anti-competitive behavior
- Significant market power determinations
- Pro-competitive licence terms and conditions
- Methodology to determine effectiveness of competition
- Methodology to define and identify relevant markets
- Technical standards for power line communications
- Essential facilities regulations
- Functional specification for geographic number portability
- Findings in enquiry into a satellite licensing framework
- Findings re Community Sound Broadcasting Policy
- Regulations re telecommunications equipment approval
- Regulations re amateur radio
- Regulations regarding local TV
USAASA
Recommendations on definitions of universal service, universal access, under serviced areas, and needy persons
Minister of Science and Technology
- Appointments of the South African National Space Agency Board
- Regulations in terms of the Astronomy Advantage Areas Act
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
- 17th Amendment Bill to the Constitution, permitting national govn’t to require municipalities to particulate in infrastructure plans
- 18th Amendment Bill to the Constitution and the State Liability Bill
- Ratification of Council of Europe’s Convention on Cyber crime (dealing with computer-related fraud and forgery and infringement of copyright). An additional protocol regarding racist and xenophobic acts committed through computer systems has yet to be signed by South Africa.
National Treasury
New Standardised PPP Provisions
Dept of Trade and Industry
Corrections to the Companies Act 2008
Dept of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
Environmental impact assessment regulations
.za Domain Name Authority
- Licensing regulations for .za registries and registrars
- Changes in respect of .org.za domain registrations
- Amended Memorandum and Articles of Association
City of Johannesburg
By-laws re rights of way for electronic communications facilities
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