wapa members

WAPA is currently in discussions with ICASA on the End User Charter Agreement. Read more about WAPA chairperson Tim Genders’ communications with the Authority. 

In a letter to ICASA’s CEO, Willington Ngwepe, Genders says that WAPA welcomes the End User Charter Agreement and its implementation into law on 1 March 2019.

“We have advised our members to be compliant with the following:

1. Providing usage notifications

ICASA has given notice of its intention to create regulations relating to ownership and control of licences issued under the ECA within the context of transformation of the industry. This will apply to all WAPA members which hold a class or individual licence issued by ICASA.

In its Findings Document and Position Paper on its Inquiry into Equity Ownership by Historically Disadvantaged Groups and the Application of the ICT Sector Code in the ICT Sector, ICASA has adopted the following conclusions which will inform the content of the proposed regulations: