#Starlink is rolling out in more & more African countries, just the approval in South Africa is still on hold. The reason: Space X doesn't meet ICASA's Black Economic Empowerment regulations in the telecommunication sector.
#SouthAfrica #ICASA #SpaceX

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/480893-starlink-rolling-out-global-roaming-service-with-more-bad-news-for-south-africa.html

On one hand, a court in #SouthAfrica ordered govt. to amend #RICA for the sake of citizen privacy; on the other, #ICASA suddenly proposes to link biometrics to SIMs. #ALutaContinua
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RT @rinachandran
Millions of Africans are resisting mobile SIM card registration, linking to digital IDs and other data, for privacy reasons. It allows govts to track real-time movements, transactions, social media, enabling state #surveillance . @ADRNo…
https://twitter.com/rinachandran/status/1521450197900951552

Presumably this is driven by the banking sector, with #ICASA taking up the issue obligingly. https://businesstech.co.za/news/mobile/570954/major-phone-and-sim-card-change-planned-for-south-africa-what-you-should-know/

It's unrealistic to expect businesses to cut their profits. Rather, we should demand that the regulator #ICASA fosters greater competition between them. Vested interests in and around it have enabled a cartel. Meanwhile #CommunityNetworks WiFi is R10/Gb or less!
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RT @DanielVanDalen5
I paid ZAR 54 for 5gigs of mobile data in Kigali.
RSA operators need to check themselves.
https://twitter.com/DanielVanDalen5/status/1502926071041245184

https://techcentral.co.za/telkom-is-wrong-there-is-no-market-failure-in-mobile/110246/ The elephant in the room is that all these big operators use spectrum inefficiently, because #ICASA has allocated per band countrywide. We need #DynamicSpectrumAccess.

Come on #ICASA, after following suit please publish the telcos' purported coverage maps. https://www.commsupdate.com/articles/2021/08/11/artp-launches-qos-app-for-mobile-networks/ #telegeography

RT @BulelaniPhillip
Communications Committee Chairperson Boyce Maneli calls for nominations to fill four vacancies at the council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa no later than this Friday, 23 July 2021. #Sabcnews #ICASA