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Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
Presentation to the Portfolio Committee of Communication on ICASA Strategic
Plan and Budget
13 March 2007
Mr Stanley Mamaregane
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AgendaStrategic GoalsStrategic Goals
Policy Research, Markets & CompetitionPolicy Research, Markets & Competition
Councillors’ Tasks and ResponsibilitiesCouncillors’ Tasks and Responsibilities
Budget 2007 - 2008 Budget 2007 - 2008
LicensingLicensing
Engineering & TechnologyEngineering & Technology
Questions & Answers Questions & Answers
Legal, Consumer & CCCLegal, Consumer & CCC
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Strategic Goals• Economic Growth• Reduce the cost of doing business• Research and Development• Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment• Access to basic services• Create Employment• Liberalisation of the sector• International Participation• Strengthening regulation
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Licensing
• Promote, facilitate and develop a converged and technologically neutral licensing framework
• USAL’s• Licensing of community sound broadcasting
services• Licensing of commercial sound broadcasting
services in Primary Markets
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Policy Research, Markets & Competition
• South African Content Review • Regulatory Framework for Digital Broadcasting• Inquiry into the role of public broadcasting in a
converged environment• Review of Sports Broadcasting Rights
Regulations• Development of Codes of Practice, Service
Charters & Quality of Service parameters for licensees in terms of s69 ECA
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Policy Research, Markets & Competition• Amendment of Regulations on Subscription
Broadcasting Services• Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment
Regulatory Framework in the Communications Sector
• South African Post Office Licence Review in terms of the Postal Services Act
• Tariff Regulations• Develop regulations on facilities leasing,
interconnection mobile pricing
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Policy Research, Markets & Competition
• Review of Carrier Pre-Selection Regulations• Number portability regulations in terms of ECA• Short Code Strategy • Analysis of Regulatory Financial Statements
(RFS) of Vodacom, MTN and Telkom– Analysis of cost data of the 3 operators
• Review Telkom’s rate regime (Price cap review)
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Policy Research, Markets & Competition
• Development of a cost based wholesale model in the electronic communication market and also asymmetric interconnect (Cost modelling)
• Market Study On Postal Services • Market Study on Communications Sector• Non-discriminate access to numbers by all
interested parties, transparency and competition in the market place
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Engineering & Technology
• Review of South African Table of Frequency Allocations (SATFA)
• Review of Radio Regulations
• Licensing and Allocation of high demand Frequency Spectrum Bands
• Type Approval
• Spectrum Fees
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Legal, Consumer & CCC
• Litigation and legal support• Complaints and Compliance Committee • Monitoring and enforcement • Co-ordination of ICASA’s interactions with
international organisations and relationships with international stakeholders
• Compliance assessment Inspections
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Legal, Consumer & CCC
• SABC Annual Compliance Report
• Public Awareness
• Consumer Advisory Panel
• USO (Universal Service Obligations)
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Budget 2007 - 2008Transfers and subsidies receivedGrants from DoC 222,475,000
General and Administrative expenses 25,188,520
Staff costs 112,308,382Audit Fees 1,028,000
Other operating expenses 49,491,551
Project expenses 41,930,000Licensing 12,500,000Policy, Markets and Competition 14,030,000Engineering 2,000,000Legal, Consumer & CCC 11,900,000IT capex (hardware & software) 1,500,000
Depreciation 6,000,000
Total MTEF 235,946,453Base Line Allocation 222,475,000
Deficit for the year -13,471,453
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Q & A
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