New regulator one of three wins for Cwele against Muthambi
TELECOMMUNICATIONS Minister Siyabonga Cwele has scored three major victories against Communications Minister Faith Muthambi, one of which is the introduction of a new regulator that will take over some of the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s crucial oversight functions. This is one of the sweeping changes in the National Integrated Information and Communication Technologies white paper approved by Cabinet last week that will be gazetted this week. The approval came on the eve of Cwele’s successful court challenge to Icasa opening a spectrum bidding process despite objections from the telecommunications minister. The High Court in Pretoria barred the regulator from proceeding with the action, which would have netted about R12bn. Icasa falls under Muthambi’s department. The Cabinet-approved white paper proposes that regulatory functions be handled by two entities: one will oversee telecommunications, and postal networks and services, and the other will focus on content and...
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