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Cabinet sets up ‘Broadband War Room’ amid policy, spectrum uncertainty

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Amid extended delays in the finalisation of South Africa’s information and communications technology (ICT) policy and a legal dispute over the auctioning of broadband spectrum, Cabinet has announced the formation of a ‘Broadband War Room’ to address the uncertainty. Minister in The Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe indicated that the August 16 to 19 Cabinet lekgotla recognised the urgency of resolving the current constraints in a sector that had the potential to contribute a further 1.4% to South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP).
 
 
 
 
 

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