• contact@trumpetmagazine.com
Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin Instagram
  • News
  • Article
  • Business
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Achievement/Profile
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Adverts
Menu
  • News
  • Article
  • Business
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Achievement/Profile
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Adverts
Home News

10GB free data for every South African household

Omotayo Daranjo by Omotayo Daranjo
February 17, 2022
in News
0
0
SHARES
13
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

READ ALSO

Tinubu orders massive rehabilitation of roads

EPL: Messi has ‘unfollowed’ Garnacho over Ronaldo celebration against Everton

African household

10GB free data for every South African household

 
 
 
 

Government will provide 10GB of free data to every South African household, similar to the allocation of basic municipal water and electricity services, communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has promised.

Indigent households qualify for 6,000 litres of water, 50kWh of electricity, and free sewerage and sanitation.

However, according to Ntshavheni, the 10GB basic data allocation will be given to all households regardless of income.

She did not provide timelines for the rollout of this basic data service.

“Data has become a new utility like water and electricity that our home needs,” Nthsavheni said at the joint State of the Nation debate at the City Hall in Cape Town on Tuesday.

“At some point, South Africa will say… despite whether you are rich or poor, whether you are employed or unemployed, [every household] have access to 10GB per month without failure because that’s what this government will deliver.”

In addition to promising a free basic data allocation, Ntshavheni said that the days of South Africa’s telecommunications operators shirking their universal service obligations are at an end.

Network operators hoping to get their hands on sought-after radio frequency spectrum will have three years to provide connectivity for schools, medical facilities, and traditional authorities.

Spectrum is the raw network capacity that allows mobile devices to communicate with cellular towers.

An auction for spectrum suitable for 4G and 5G networks is currently scheduled for 8 March 2022 — albeit with an axe hanging over it in the form of a High Court challenge brought by Telkom.

Six network operators are in line to bid on the spectrum: Cell C, MTN, Vodacom, Telkom, Rain, and Liquid.

According to Ntshavheni, these six operators will be required to provide connectivity to 18,520 schools, 5,731 clinics and hospitals, and 8,241 offices of traditional leaders or traditional authorities that hold certificates of recognition.

“The extension of broadband to traditional authorities is part of government’s commitment to strengthen the role of traditional leaders as service delivery centres of government,” Ntshavheni stated.

“In the past, we have seen the telecommunications operators ignoring social obligations and opting to pay negligible penalties instead of connecting our people,” she continued.

“This time around [industry regulator Icasa] will include the fulfilment of service obligations as part of the licensing conditions without an option of a penalty.”

Should networks fail to deliver on their social service obligations, their spectrum licence will be at risk.

Tags: FREE DATA FOR EVERY SOUTH AFRICAN

Related Posts

Tinubu orders massive rehabilitation of roads
News

Tinubu orders massive rehabilitation of roads

November 28, 2023
EPL: Messi has ‘unfollowed’ Garnacho over Ronaldo celebration against Everton
News

EPL: Messi has ‘unfollowed’ Garnacho over Ronaldo celebration against Everton

November 28, 2023
Zenith Bank, French Government Sign MoU to Establish Subsidiary in France
News

Zenith Bank, French Government Sign MoU to Establish Subsidiary in France

November 28, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: Edo Governor, Obaseki Spent N973million On ‘Bank Charges,’ Over N670million On Meals, Cooking Gas In Three Months
News

EXCLUSIVE: Edo Governor, Obaseki Spent N973million On ‘Bank Charges,’ Over N670million On Meals, Cooking Gas In Three Months

November 28, 2023
Court judgements: “Nigeria’s democratic future under threat” – Northern elders
News

Court judgements: “Nigeria’s democratic future under threat” – Northern elders

November 25, 2023
Nigerians will get 24-hour power supply under my watch- Adelabu
News

Nigerians will get 24-hour power supply under my watch- Adelabu

November 25, 2023
Next Post
We Killed Retired Police Officer, he was a Threat to Biafra Struggle – Suspect Confesses

We Killed Retired Police Officer, he was a Threat to Biafra Struggle – Suspect Confesses

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories

  • Achievement/Profile
  • Adverts
  • Article
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Features
  • Health
  • News
  • Politics
  • Sports

The Trumpet International Magazine is a real-time and comprehensive news magazine. It is an independent, national news provider for Africans, reporting daily developments and events in South Africa and other African Countries and their Citizens based in South Africa.

Categories

  • News
  • Article
  • Business
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Achievement/Profile
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Adverts
Menu
  • News
  • Article
  • Business
  • Health
  • Politics
  • Achievement/Profile
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Adverts

Recent Post

Tinubu orders massive rehabilitation of roads

EPL: Messi has ‘unfollowed’ Garnacho over Ronaldo celebration against Everton

Zenith Bank, French Government Sign MoU to Establish Subsidiary in France

EXCLUSIVE: Edo Governor, Obaseki Spent N973million On ‘Bank Charges,’ Over N670million On Meals, Cooking Gas In Three Months

Court judgements: “Nigeria’s democratic future under threat” – Northern elders

News
Fatima OLUWAKEMI-SAKA
Tinubu orders massive rehabilitation of roads

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a massive rehabilitation

Read More »

Trumpet Magazine | © 2021.

Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin Instagram

Add New Playlist