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CLICK HERE to view and download, TECHNICAL OPENING RESULTS - THE SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT OF VISUALISATION SYSTEMS FOR BOCRA NETWORK OPERATING CENTRE & COMPUTER SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM (CSIRT) CENTRE BOCRA/PT/004/2023.2024

CLICK HERE to view and download, REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS: For the Appointment of a Consultant to undertake Assessment of the Board of Trustees of the universal Access and Service Fund Trust.

CLICK HERE to view and download, NOTICE: Request for Quotations for the Appointment of a Consultant to Undertake Assessment of the Board of Trustees of the Universal Access and Service Trust Fund.

BOCRA is mandated by Section 38 of the Communications Regulatory Act (CRA Act) of 2012 to establish and maintain a non-discriminatory and efficient numbering and Domain Names System regulatory frameworks to be applied by all service and licensed operators.
 
The CRA Act further mandates BOCRA to make industry regulations for the better carrying out of its responsibilities, including, developing or adopting international standards such as Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) standard to be applied to its regulated sectors. This is undertaken to ensure fair access to such services and efficient allocation of numbering and domain names.
 
In pursuit of this mandate, the Authority has enacted the IPv6 Guidelines. These Guidelines shall provide the processes and steps to be followed by any organisation seeking to deploy IPv6 in their network. The said Guidelines shall describe the planning and implementation requirements for the deployment of IPv6 at organisational level. To access the Consultation document, kindly access at this link: https://www.bocra.org.bw/sites/default/files/documents/Draft_IPv6_Deplo…

Please Note: Public must submit comments by 05 December 2023.

CLICK HERE to download, REVISED TENDER NOTICE: SUPPLY, INSTALLATION AND SUPPORT OF VISUALISATION SYSTEMS FOR BOCRA NETWORK OPERATING CENTRE & COMPUTER SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM(CSIRT) CENTRE TENDER NOTICE - Procurement of Consultancy Services for the Development of Cost Models and Pricing Framework for ICT Services in Botswana.

CLICK HERE to download, PUBLIC TENDER NOTICE - Procurement of Consultancy Services for the Development of Cost Models and Pricing Framework for ICT Services in Botswana.

CLICK HERE to download, PUBLIC TENDER NOTICE - Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Delivery Testing of Laptops for Teachers and Lecturers at Two Hundred and Seven (207) Government Junior Secondary Schools and Fifty (50) Government Technical and Vocational & Training Institutions in Botswana.

BOCRA/ST/002/2023.2024

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Four (4) Ministers of ICT of the Republics of Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe met on the sidelines of the 6th Transform Africa Summit held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 25 -28 April 2023, and agreed to collaborate on accelerating implementation of the Single Digital Market for Africa Initiative.

Single Digital Market for Africa initiative is driven by the Smart Africa Trust Alliance through which African Heads of State and Governments have made a commitment to fast-track sustainable socio-economic development on the continent, by harmonising policies, regulations and ushering Africa into a knowledge economy through affordable access to Broadband internet and usage of ICTs.

Smart Africa’s vision aspires to transform the continent into a single digital market through several interventions within the field of ICT. In line with this dream, the four Ministers of SADC Member States agreed for their countries to accelerate implementation of the single digital market concept by leveraging on available quick wins. Subsequent to the meeting of Minsters, officials from Communications Regulatory Authorities of the participating member states met to identify some of the quick wins that may be implemented. Several initiatives including reduction of regional roaming tariffs, promotion of cybersecurity and data protection were highlighted as some possible candidates for implementation. At the moment, there is no concrete roadmap on what form and shape these initiatives would take as policy makers and regulators from participating member states are still doing the groundwork. However, it is worth noting that a few years back the SADC Ministers responsible for ICTs directed, the Communications Regulators’ Association of Southern Africa (CRASA) to ensure that roaming tariffs within SADC were reduced.

The directive was to be implemented in three stages. The first stage being transparency stage, where telecommunications operators were required to send SMS alerts to all their customers travelling between SADC states, informing them of applicable roaming tariffs. This requirement has since been implemented. The second stage was termed Roam Like at Home where telecommunications operators were required to reduce their roaming tariffs to make the service more affordable. The third and final stage required CRASA to use a cost-based model to determine suitable roaming tariffs for the region. The implementation of this ministerial directive stalled when it was realised that there were limitations in the legislations of some SADC member states that made it difficult for regulators to enforce the tariff reduction requirement.

The current collaboration is still very much at planning stage and details regarding the specific initiatives to be implemented and timelines are yet to be agreed and communicated by all the four cooperating states.

For more information contact:
Director Broadcasting & Corporate Communications nyelesi@bocra.org.bw

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