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The 14th World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS) will take place in Botswana, from 21 to 23 November 2016. WTIS-2016 is organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and hosted by the Government of Botswana.
WTIS, first held in 1996, and annually since 2005, has evolved to become the main global forum for telecommunication and information society measurements. It includes high-level debates addressing key questions related to ICT policy and data. WTIS brings together delegates from all over the world, ranging from government ministers and business leaders to regulators, national statisticians, lead academics and ICT data producers and analysts. The objective of the Symposium is to debate new and emerging issues on ICT data and statistics and their role in policy making, to provide strategic guidance to the international community on information society trends and future monitoring. It also develops standards and methodologies for producing high-quality data and statistical indicators.
Click the link for Digital Terrestrial Television Licensing Framework document
The Communications Regulatory Authority Act No. 19 of 2012 Section 6 Subsection 2 (h) provides that the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) “process applications for and issue, licences, permits, permissions, concessions and authorities for regulated sectors as may be prescribed”.
BOCRA has developed the Digital Terrestrial Television Licencing Framework to be used in the digital terrestrial television broadcast licensing. All digital terrestrial licences will be issued based on the licencing framework.
Stakeholders and interested parties are invited to make submissions to be considered in the final document which shall be the framework for licensing digital terrestrial television broadcasting in Botswana. Please note that this does not include cable, satellite, IPTV and other forms of broadcasting.
The document will be available and accessible from the BOCRA Website on the 8th January 2015.
The deadline for submissions is at close of business on the 23rd January 2015.
Following your comments, BOCRA will do the analysis and consider way forward which will include a consultative workshop to finalise the document.
You may send your comments to Itumeleng Batsalelwang (Mr) on email: Batsalelwang@bocra.or.bw or tel: 3685520.
Read here for the announcement on Internet Connection Disruption.
Click the titles below for the Dispute Resolution Policy and the Draft Dispute Resolution Procedure
Click here for the Guidelines on Minimum Requirements for Internet Connectivity in Hospitality Facilities.
