ICASA Delays Mobile TV Licensing

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has shelved the mobile television licence process until it can finalise the allocation of frequencies for broadcasting services.

ICASA says that it will be in the interest of the communications industry at large to finalise the digital migration policy and frequency band plan before licensing any mobile digital video broadcasting services.

This could further delay the testing of the service by the successful applicants before the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The government has made commitments to the local organising committee for the soccer event that by 2010 there will be mobile TV.

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