MPs approve shortlist of 10 candidates as regulator heads into a watershed year
Parliament’s communications committee, tasked with helping to select the next set of leaders for SA’s broadcast and telecom industry regulator, says it now has a list of 10 candidates for vacancies at its council.
The appointment of councillors is important given that this year the regulator is set to hold a long-awaited auction and allocation of high-demand spectrum for mobile operators, after completing a temporary allocation during the lockdown to cope with the increased demand for telecommunication services. In addition, Icasa has also started a process to fast track the much delayed migration from analogue to digital television.
The term of existing councillors ended on April 4. Since then, councillors have been serving out a 45-day handover period, though some of the processes may have been slowed down by the lockdown. The committee has adopted a report that will be tabled in the National Assembly and it contains a list of recommended names “in the order of priority”.
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