The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa hereby invites all interested parties to public hearings on the rules and procedures of the Complaints and Compliance Committee.
The Complaints and Compliance Committee is a statutory body established in terms of section 17 of the ICASA Act to, among others, investigate, hear and make findings on all matters referred to it by the authority, complaints received by it and allegations of non-compliance with this act or the underlying statutes received by it.
The authority published a notice in the Government Gazette No 32884 on 22 January 2010 conveying its intention to prescribe regulations in respect of the rules and procedures for the adjudication of complaints and resolution of disputes referred to the Complaints and Compliance Committee.
The draft regulations were published in terms of section 4(1) and (4) of the Electronic Communications Act No.36 of 2005 read with section 4(3)(j) of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act No. 13 of 2000.
The hearings will be held as follows:
Date: 20 May 2010
Time: 09h30 to 16h00
Venue: Block C presentation room, Pinmill Farm, 164 Katherine Street, Sandton.
09h00 to 09h50: Neotel
09h50 to 10h10: Vodacom
10h10 to 10h30: Tea Break
10h30 to 10h50: Multichoice/M-Net
10h50 to 11h10: Telkom
11h10 to 11h30: MTN
11h30 to 12h00: Sentech
Lunch
Enquiries:
Lindisa Mabulu
Tel: 011 566 3217
Fax: 011 566 3218
E-mail: LMabulu@icasa.org.za
All media enquiries should be directed to:
Paseka Maleka
Tel: 011 566 3455
Cell: 079 509 0702
E-mail: pmaleka@icasa.org.za
Issued by: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
17 May 2010
Source: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
(http://www.icasa.org.za/)
