Icasa’s fingerprint Sim plan runs into major telco resistance

by nouman | Oct 30, 2026 | Association of Comms and Technology, Cell C, Icasa, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, MTN, News, Nomvuyiso Batyi, Rain, Sections, Telecoms, Telkom, Vodacom

South Africa’s biggest telecoms operators say they cannot endorse Icasa’s biometric Sim rules as drafted.

Icasa wants your fingerprint before you can get a Sim card

by nouman | Oct 29, 2026 | Association of Comms and Technology, Ferdi Moolman, home affairs, Icasa, Information Regulator, Mothibi Ramusi, MTN, News, Sections, Telecoms

Icasa wants mobile operators to check their subscribers’ fingerprints or faces against home affairs records.

Put the Woan’s spectrum in orbit, says Vodacom

by nouman | Oct 29, 2026 | AST SpaceMobile, Dejan Kastelic, Icasa, News, Satellite communications, Sections, Solly Malatsi, SpaceX, Starlink, Vodacom, Woan

Vodacom wants Icasa to assign the defunct Woan spectrum to operators for satellite-to-phone services.

Icasa promises business as usual through strike

by quikefix quikefix.com | Aug 5, 2026 | CCMA, Icasa, Nehawu, News, Public sector, Sections

Nehawu members will down tools on Thursday after pay talks collapsed, but the regulator promises normal service.

Starlink wants to be your next mobile operator

by quikefix quikefix.com | Aug 5, 2026 | AST SpaceMobile, AT&T, EchoStar, Elon Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, Icasa, MTN, News, Ralph Mupita, Sections, Solly Malatsi, SpaceX, Starlink, T-Mobile, Telecoms, Verizon, Vodacom, Vodafone

Gwynne Shotwell says the company will build ground infrastructure and chase customers from established carriers.

TCS | Icasa’s rules skip the real bottleneck: ACT

by quikefix quikefix.com | Jul 30, 2026 | ACT, Association of Comms & Technology, Icasa, Nomvuyiso Batyi, Policy and regulation, Sections, TCS - The TechCentral Show, Tech Shows

Nomvuyiso Batyi warns Icasa has consulted operators but not the local government bodies that will have to apply the rules.