The two parties may not like to admit it, but they both have valid points
Telkom is challenging communications regulator Icasa over the licensing of spectrum in a case that is scheduled for hearing in the high court in early April. Picture: REUTERS/SIPHIWE SEBEKO
Though having agreed to pay R2.1bn for new spectrum in Icasa’s recently held auction, Telkom still believes the process was rushed and not properly done, with effects that could still be felt in the next 20 years. It is also easy to sympathise with Telkom’s assertion that the primary reason for challenging the process is to uphold the rule of law. However laudable the outcome of the Icasa process, we should not turn a blind eye to what Telkom argues is a process marred with legal breaches.
But can the two use other speedier avenues instead of a potentially protracted court challenge that can only mean corporate leaders will find it hard to convince their boardrooms to deploy money in the economy until there is some certainty?
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