The government has set aside more than R1bn to cover the final phase of SA’s move from analogue to digital television, in an effort to complete the long-delayed auction and allocation of new radio frequency spectrum to mobile operators scheduled for March. 

Earlier in the week, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) said Cell C, Rain, Telkom, MTN, Liquid Telecom and Vodacom had been granted formal permission to participate in the auction, which is an integral part of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s technology-backed economic agenda...

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