THE Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) and Telkom have reached an agreement to end the litigation over the high demand radio frequency spectrum licensing process.
Under the agreement, Telkom agreed to withdraw the legal application, while Icasa agreed to issue an Information Memorandum (IM) by June 30 for the licensing of the unsold sub-1 GHz lot from the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum auction and any other IMT spectrum that is presently available for licensing, except for the spectrum currently set aside for the Wireless Open Access Network.
The two parties have been having discussions to bring an end to the ongoing litigation due to be heard from April 11 to 14.
Telkom Group CEO Serame Taukobong said that the settlement addresses Telkom’s principal complaints and provides challenger operators like Telkom further opportunity to acquire sub 1 spectrum to compete with established players.
“Telkom has, in good faith, entered into a forward-looking
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