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Altech's East Africa strategy
ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 12
October 2008
It was enlightening to read
elsewhere this week that broadband provider Altech is making inroads in the telecoms industry in East Africa
(Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, et cetera) despite worsening economic
conditions.
Altech has recently overturned the card tables at
ICASA...
This comes after the company, which is part of the JSE-listed
Altron Group, went to Court to force the review of ICASA’s licensing process and won. This has made Altech
famous in the telecoms industry despite the Minister of Telecommunications, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri’s decision to appeal the high court’s
decision. The Court has in effect ruled that ICASA’s licensing
process is flawed and that Value Added Service Providers (VANs) such as Altech have the right to build their
own networks. ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), like
many lawyers, believes that Matsepe-Casaburri’sappeal can be described as ‘weak’ at best.
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