Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr has advised clients on the implications of
the enactment of the Electronic Communications Act and the Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Amendment Act. We have advised
on some of the most important broadcasting regulatory and licensing initiatives
embarked upon by ICASA.
Our team has also been closely involved in all the major
regulatory steps taken by ICASA to give effect to the regulatory and licensing
framework provided for under the Electronic Communications Act and will
continue its involvement in this process and in other legislative and
regulatory initiatives which are likely to impact upon the communications
sector. These include making written and oral submissions to ICASA and the
Department of Communications on variety of policy directions and regulations.
Recent matters include:
- Formulating written and oral submissions on the Broadband
Infraco Bill to the Department of Public Enterprises.
- Advising on and making oral submissions to the Parliamentary
Portfolio Committee of Science and Technology on the Astronomy Geographic
Advantage Bill.
- Formulating submissions on the Electronic Communications
Amendment Bill.
- Making submissions on a number of regulations and notices
proposed by ICASA, including the Code of Conduct and Service Charter for
licensees; regulations in terms of the licensing framework applicable to
individual and class licences; the notice on conversion of licences; the notice
of intention to define relevant end-to-end leased line and other wholesale
markets; the notice of intention to define wholesale call termination markets,
the Minister's policy directives, the draft regulations on interconnection and
facilities leasing, the draft regulations on essential facilities, the draft
regulations defining relevant markets and market segments in terms of section
67(4) of the Electronic Communications Act, the draft regulations in respect of
the technical standards for power line telecommunications and the Minister's
guidelines in respect of the rapid deployment of electronic communications
facilities.
We specialise in advising on regulatory initiatives in
telecommunications and broadcasting. We have advised a number of major
international and domestic corporations in the making of written and oral
submissions on proposed telecommunications and broadcasting legislation.
We also specialise in drafting a wide range of telecommunication
service agreements including:
- interconnection and facilities leasing
- hosting
- facilities leasing and management
- hardware supply/procurement/leasing
- project development
- system implementation and integration
- general services agreements
