THE Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) will know by Friday whether it may go ahead with its plan to auction rare high-speed broadband spectrum.The companies that are to obtain the licences for the spectrum that Icasa plans to auction will be able to provide superfast 4G data download, giving them a huge competitive edge in the mobile market.Icasa set a date for the auction in May 2017, but this may be scuppered if the High Court in Pretoria finds in favour of Telecommunications and Postal Services Minister Siyabonga Cwele, Cell C and Telkom, who have challenged the lawfulness of the auction.The minister wants the court to grant an interim interdict to prevent the auction until the court had heard full argument and had made a decision whether the auction was a lawful way forward. After two days of argument Judge Roland Sutherland said he would deliver his judgment on Friday.One of the issues debated in court on Wednesday was whether the regulator had considered the ef...
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