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UEC challenges Sentech over
decoders
ADSL South Africa (Broadband South
Africa), 26 October 2010
UEC, a
subsidiary of the JSE-listed Altech group, has filed papers in the Pietermaritzburg high court against state-owned
broadcast signal distributor, Sentech. This comes after Sentech has placed an order of
over R38m for the production of 70 000 decoders on
hold.
What
is UEC?
UEC is a
manufacturer of set-top boxes and digital decoders in the Durban
area.
Court
battle…
Sentech has until Thursday or the 28th of October to
provide UEC with “conditional access keys” in order to enable UEC to complete production of the mentioned
decoders. If Sentech fails to comply, they can expect to face a court battle which can cost the taxpayer
millions of rand.
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