The Telecommunications Amendment Act 64 of 2001 ISPA Internet Week Michael Silber 12 September 2002

© 2002Slide 2 Table of Contents Telecommunications Amendment Act overview Select issues ­SNO ­Sentech ­VANS ­VPNs ­VoIP Other Issues

High Level Overview of the Telecommunications Amendment Act

© 2002Slide 4 TA Act concepts at a glance Carrier of CarriersCarrier of Carriers Multi-mediaMulti-media Fixed MobileFixed Mobile International Telecommunications ServiceInternational Telecommunications Service Mobile CellularMobile Cellular Private Telecommunications NetworkPrivate Telecommunications Network ResaleResale SNOSNO VoIPVoIP 3G3G VANSVANS

© 2002Slide 5 Objects (added) Convergence of telecommunication broadcasting and IT Bridge digital divide

© 2002Slide 6 VANS Definition a telecommunication service provided by a person over a telecommunication facility, which facility has been obtained by that person in accordance with the provisions of section 40 (2) of the Act, to one or more customers of that person concurrently, during which value is added for the benefit of the customers, which may consist of - ­any kind of technological intervention that would act on the content, format or protocol or similar aspects of the signals transmitted or received by the customer in order to provide those customers with additional, different or restructured information ­the provision of authorised access to, and interaction with, processes for storing and retrieval of text and data ­managed data network services

© 2002Slide 7 PTN Definition a telecommunication system provided by a person for purposes principally or integrally related to the operations of that person and which is installed onto two or more separate, non-contiguous premises and where the switching systems (nodes) of at least two of these premises are interconnected to the public switched telecommunication network as contemplated in section 41

© 2002Slide Spectrum & 3G 6 months or longer Mobile cellular – MAY apply and ICASA SHALL assign Subject to payment and conditions Band Plan – clear band SNO and Telkom – Deemed holders for PSTS Telkom MAY apply and ICASA SHALL ….. Co-operation between licence holders

© 2002Slide 9 PSTS Licences 2 years – SNO may use Telkom facilities “on a resale basis” in accordance with agreements No agreement – may request ICASA to resolve Market study, one or more additional PSTS licences – 31 December 2003 Additional licences by 8 May 2005 Service based competition Use of facilities

© 2002Slide 10 SNO and Qualification No less favourable T&Cs than Telkom Transnet & Eskom, equity set aside AND final determination Based on contribution – cash, assets, rights Servitudes

© 2002Slide 11 Sentech International telecommunication gateway service to provide “carrier of carriers” licence Multimedia service licence Multimedia service – common carrier, reasonable, equitable and non-discriminatory Grant other multimedia licences after a date determined FOUR licences granted – May 2002 (each service licence and a spectrum licence) Holder of a telecommunications service licence is not precluded from multimedia if in terms of licence Prohibition on “voice only”

© 2002Slide 12 Content of PSTS 1 of 3 national long-distance telecommunication service international telecommunication service local access telecommunication service contemplated in section 39 public pay-telephone service maritime telecommunication service Telegrams fixed-mobile services supply of telecommunications equipment

© 2002Slide 13 Content of PSTS 2 of 3 installation, bringing into service, maintenance and repair of that part of the public switched telecommunication network that is provided, maintained and operated by the public switched telecommunication services licensee for the purposes of providing any telecommunication service, such as the provision of telecommunication circuits for - ­private circuits ­links between sites of the same operator or multiple operators ­facilities used for the provision of private networks ­telecommunication facilities used for the provision of VANS ­facilities used for the provision of telecommunication services in under-serviced areas contemplated in section 40A; ­facilities used to provide VoIP ­3G ­facilities to provide 1800 fixed-mobile services

© 2002Slide 14 Content of PSTS 3 of 3 any other service reasonably complementary to the provision of those services (whether provided on a fixed or fixed mobile basis) such as the provision, repair and maintenance of equipment located on a customer's premises and any other telecommunications apparatus of any kind

© 2002Slide 15 Content of PSTN telecommunication systems which are installed or otherwise provided, maintained and operated by a PSTS licensee for the purpose of providing PSTS and fixed-mobile services such as – ­a local access network ­a national long-distance network ­an international network by whatever means such as copper cables, wireless loops, microwave links, optic fibre cables, satellite earth stations, space segments and satellite systems, by means of which signals can be conveyed between all or any of - ­Terminal and network connection points or a combination thereof (also pay-telephones, customer premises equipment, including mobile) ­Need not be in same country

© 2002Slide 16 Mobile & VoIP Cell C Market Study – 31 December 2003 Under-serviced area licence Teledensity >5%

© 2002Slide 17 Procedural Large number of minor changes Check the Act carefully Streamline the process

Non-Telecommunications Act Issues: PROATIA & Data Protection

© 2002Slide 19 Non-TA Act Issues: PROATIA & Data Protection Public and private sector Excludes protection of personal data ­Included in ECT Act on voluntary basis for data messages ­May be moved to dedicated legislation Creation of a manual Extension of time limits

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