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The fate of telecoms in South Africa

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 7 July 2008

The Altech technology group stands in the center of a court case that will decide the fate of telecoms in South Africa.

Altech will walk out as the hero or the proverbial villain depending on the outcome of the lawsuit the group has started. If Altech loses the case, the liberation of the telecoms sector will take a serious knock, but if they win, the market will be wide open for competition. Altech, like other companies in the telecoms sector, wants a license that will give them the right to build their own national communications network. The same rights the likes of MTN, Neotel, Telkom and Vodacom are currently enjoying. Altech is unhappy about the licensing process, believe that the process is flawed, and wants the process to be reviewed by the courts.

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