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CUASA engages on an ongoing basis with government and operators to ensure that the interests of users are taken into account. CUASA responds on behalf of the user community to calls by the Ministry and ICASA, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, for input on subjects such as competition and market structure, convergence, Internet, empowerment, human resource development, universal service and access, and new technologies. More
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VANS License Conversion Process Set For Dramatic Showdown

Uncertainty over the precise meaning of certain 2004 Ministerial Determinations by Communications Minister Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has led to a dramatic showdown set to take place at the Pretoria High Court next week between VANS licensee, Altech Autopage Cellular on the one side and ICASA on the other.

In April 2008 an application was made by Altech Autopage Cellular to interdict the ICASA-regulated Electronic Communications Act (ECA) license conversion process insofar as such process was dealing with the conversion of Value-Added Network Service (VANS) licenses to ECA-type Individual Electronic Communication Network Service (I-ECNS) licenses. The ECA specifically mandated ICASA to carry out the conversion of all telecommunication and broadcasting licenses issued under the old Telecommunications Act within 24 months after the promulgation of the ECA (with an option to extend if necessary by a maximum of a further six months). More
Feedback: ICASA Licensing Briefing - 30 May 2008

The industry briefing held at ICASA offices in Sandton on 30 May was chaired by Councillor Marcia Socikwa, the Councillor for Licensing and Conversion. The briefing was attended by ICASA Chairperson, Mr Paris Mashile, other ICASA Councillors, ICASA staff and a large number of representatives from the Telecoms and ICT industries. More
CUASA Golf Day, 2008

The next annual CUASA/SAVA Golf Day, which raised over R60 000 for the Johannesburg Children's Home last year, will be held at the Randpark Golf Course in September.
CUASA is aiming to better the R60 000 raised for the Johannesburg Children's Home at the organisation's annual golf day last year. Here CUASA Chairman Edwin Thompson hands an official cheque over to Muriel Farren at the home.

"The 2007 Golf Day was our largest and most successful event to date, with over 50 four balls and a full compliment of sponsors," CUASA Chairman Edwin Thompson commented at the official cheque handover last year. "We hope to equal or better that success in 2008," says Thompson. More
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