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ICASA will meet two thirds of its targets, next year

The chief operations officer (COO) of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Willington Ngwepe has issued a statement regarding the 29% performance rate of the organisation outlined in the 2014-2015 annual report.

Ngwepe outlined why the organisation performed so badly citing findings from the auditor general’s report. Underspending of grants, performance information being inadequate, poor internal controls and poorly managed National Revenue Fund resources were all marked as reasons for the “desolate performance” of the organisation.

The COO then went on to showcase some of the good things ICASA has accomplished.

Aside from providing equal treatment to parties during the 2014 election run up, day-to-day operations and a change in call termination pricing, Ngwepe struggled to promote confidence in the organisation through its achievements.

Ngwepe has said ICASA will strive to achieve “at least 65% of its regulatory (and other business) targets”, before declaring, “We will achieve this target!!” within the next financial year.

The fact that ICASA received it’s third unqualified audit in a row however, is commendable and should be noted as the organisation continues to strive to achieve a clean audit.

Critical processes such as broadband deployment and licensing of 2.6GHz, 700MHz and 800MHz radio bands are all expected to be focused on by ICASA in the coming financial year.

It’s clear that ICASA is working but what it really needs is to be achieving more goals and hitting more of its own targets.

[Source – ICASA]

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