The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa hereby informs all stakeholders and the media that it has released a Broadband Value Chain Request for Information. This is a key deliverable of the broadband value chain study. The Authority commissioned a study of the Electronic Communications Network and Services Value Chain of the South African Electronic Communications Industry and this forms a key component of the Authority’s Cost to Communicate Programme contained in Government Gazette 36532 of 4 June 2013.
The purpose of the study is to define the broadband value chain, identify where, along the value chain, there is ineffective competition, to propose potential remedies to address this ineffective competition, thereby providing the Authority with the necessary information to draft regulations in terms of section 67(4) of the Electronic Communications Act (EC Act).
The RFI responses should be submitted by the 15th July 2013. Copies of the documents referred to are available at the ICASA Library and on the website (www.icasa.org.za).
Any enquiries in relation to the RFI should be directed to:
Christian Mhlanga
Tel: 011 566 3637
E-mail: cmhlanga@icasa.org.za
Pumela Cokie
Tel: 011 566 3693
E-mail: pcokie@icasa.org.za
For all media enquiries please contact:
Paseka Maleka
Tel: 011 566 3455
Cell: 079 509 0702
E-mail: pmaleka@icasa.org.za
