Public hearings on the draft Under-Serviced Area Definition Regulations

The SABC, Telkom, cellphone service providers, SALGA, Sentech and Smile Communication will make presentations for the media and interested stakeholders on the draft Under-Serviced Area Definition Regulations on Thursday, 9 February 2012 at the offices of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). This process is aimed at harmonising the authority's approach to the definition of Under-Serviced Areas with the approach adopted by the Universal Service and Access Agency (USAASA) and the minister, in the determinations of 'universal service' and 'universal accesses'.