TELECOMS INDUSTRY
Cwele extends time for comment on shock telecoms bill
The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill is meant to transform the telecoms industry and grow the economy by attracting investment and innovation in the sector, says the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. But its critics disagree. The department announced at the weekend that Telecommunications Minister Siyabonga Cwele had extended the deadline for public comments on the bill to January 31 2018, after receiving requests for extension from roleplayers. The original deadline was November 17. The department said that the bill gave effect to the National Integrated ICT Policy, which sought to attract investment and innovation. Cwele said in the government gazette in November that the bill sought, among other goals, to address supply side challenges to transform SA into an inclusive, people-centred and developmental digital society.
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