The Type Approval Regulations 2013 were promulgated in terms of section 35(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2005 (ECA). The regulation requires that any type of electronic communications equipment or facility that is used, or will be used, in connection with the provision of electronic communications (Equipment) must be approved by the Independent Communications Authority
Any change of control in an entity which holds an individual electronic communications service licence, individual electronic communications network service licence or radio frequency spectrum licence requires the prior written permission of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA).
Radio frequency spectrum licences
The Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations 2015 set out the process which