CASA opens mobile tender

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has opened a tender for licences to provide mobile digital video broadcasting services in South Africa. Two metropolitan DVB-H multiplexes are on offer
Currently, frequencies are available in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town and as the digital transition takes place and analogue services are switched off, more frequencies are expected to become available
Applicants must have a TV broadcasting or electronic communications licence to participate in the tender. The closing date for applications is 27 February 2009.
Source: Telecompaper
Item added: 16th December 2008