Tiisetso Motsoeneng alleges that the impending auction for high-demand spectrum is a “frightening prospect” for Telkom, which he argues benefits from the absence of spectrum because it allows the company to compete on a more equal footing with the mobile sector duopoly of Vodacom and MTN (“Spectrum auction a threat to Telkom (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-02-19-tiisetso-motsoeneng-spectrum-auction-a-threat-to-telkom/)”, February 19).
I don’t know how or why he has reached this conclusion, since there is no evidence in the article that he has read Telkom’s comprehensive submission to the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) in response to the regulatory authority’s information memorandum on licensing spectrum...
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