The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) will no longer process manual applications for radio communications licences. The Authority has urged customers to explore the web licence application function to submit new applications and/or submit applications for addition of new equipment to the existing licence. BOCRA spokesperson Aaron Nyelesi, said the online self-service platform allows prospective...
Despite totally opposing views on Huawei, US and South African telecom regulators have decided to learn from each other. The two bodies thus express the importance they attach to the development of their respective telecoms market, where 5G is already accessible to consumers. The South African Independent Communications Authority (ICASA) and the United States Federal Communications...
Over the years, the Senegalese telecoms regulator has made the quality of telecom services a fundamental concern. Mobile number portability, introduced in 2015, marked a turning point in this fight. Returned to the spotlight in October 2020, it is now attracting special attention from the regulator. Senegal’s National Telecommunications Company (Sonatel) received a formal notice from the...
The former technical advisor in charge of digital transition projects, Michel Yaovi Galley, now has the upper hand over Togo’s regulatory authority for electronic communications and posts . In Togo, Michel Yaovi Galley has just been appointed to director-general of the ARCEP (Authority regulation of communications electronic and post), institution responsible for regulating the electronic communications and postal sector in the country. Galley was far Conseiller...
Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera has dissolved the board of directors managing the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) and that of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), barely a week after his election. According to a statement from the office of the Chief Secretary Zangazanga Chikhosi, the action is with immediate effect. Chikhosi said Chakwera has...
Zambia’s government has refused to disband the country’s ICT and telecommunications regulatory body, the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA), following complaints by stakeholders that the organisation is failing in its duties. Various stakeholders within the country’s ICT and telecommunications industries claim ZICTA is not executing its mandate effectively and specifically not dealing with...
