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ISPA says ICASA takes too long to process licence ownership change applications

Monday 16 August 2021 | 13:58 CET | News
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The Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa (ISPA) has called on the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) to reconsider the extent to which it micromanages the affairs of licensees and the industry. ISPA regulatory advisor Dominic Cull said that transfers of ownership of or control over licences take ICASA up to 180 working days to process and cost an applicant about ZAR 70,000 per licence. ISPA has received feedback from its members of examples of delays of more than a year to gain ICASA approval for changes to internal shareholder arrangements.

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Companies: ICASA / ISPA
Countries: South Africa
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