Business | One of the losing bidders for the free-to-air television licence recently awarded by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) is fuming over the results, calling it a lost opportunity for local businesses and the youth.
One of the shareholders of Free To Air , a company which lost out on the licence to Kwese Free TV, has hit out at Icasa, accusing it of “robbing South Africans of an opportunity to develop” after it awarded Kwese the commercial free-to-air TV broadcasting licence and radio frequency spectrum licence.
“The decision robs our local small businesses and youth of opportunities to develop themselves. As a South African business, we are disadvantaged because the licence was given to a foreign-owned company even after we proposed that it be split among three bidders.Kwese is partly owned by Zimbabwean telecoms tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, while FTA has Namec and Namec Telecoms as shareholders along with Thabo.
Amos Mohulatsi, the CEO of FTA, said the company had not lodged a formal objection with Icasa as it was waiting to be furnished with reasons for the company not having been chosen. Icasa spokesperson Paseka Maleka said the process leading to the award was open and transparent, and that any party that felt aggrieved could approach the courts for relief.“Icasa is currently finalising the document which will outline how the authority came to its decision to award Kwese Free TV a commercial free-to-air TV broadcasting licence. Once finalised, this ‘reasons document’ will be published for public consumption,” Maleka said.
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