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country-profiles:south-africa [2021/09/01 12:56] – [Mobile Virtual Network Operators] turned list into table stevecountry-profiles:south-africa [2021/10/12 12:36] – [National Policy] added reference to Open Data in National ICT Policy White Paper steve
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 <callout type="default">// The National Development Plan (2012) (“NDP”), South Africa Connect: the National Broadband Policy and Strategy (2013) (“SA Connect”) and the recommendations captured in the National ICT Advisory Review Panel Report (2015) (“ICT Panel Report”) have identified that, despite the policy and regulatory framework, network roll-out is skewed towards urban areas - and the prospects of providers rolling out modern broadband services in rural and less affluent areas without government intervention are minimal.//</callout> <callout type="default">// The National Development Plan (2012) (“NDP”), South Africa Connect: the National Broadband Policy and Strategy (2013) (“SA Connect”) and the recommendations captured in the National ICT Advisory Review Panel Report (2015) (“ICT Panel Report”) have identified that, despite the policy and regulatory framework, network roll-out is skewed towards urban areas - and the prospects of providers rolling out modern broadband services in rural and less affluent areas without government intervention are minimal.//</callout>
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 +It is worth noting that the South African government has embraced an "open data" policy for government in its [[https://www.dtps.gov.za/images/phocagallery/Popular_Topic_Pictures/National_Integrated_ICT_Policy_White.pdf|National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper 2016]] stating that:
 +<callout type="default">The South African Constitution commits Government to open and transparent governance of the country. ICTs and digitisation provide a means to reinforce this commitment by making it more possible to ensure that key  non-personal  public  information  and  data  is  freely  available  to everyone to use, reuse and republish as they wish, subject  only  to  restrictions  to  protect  privacy, confidentiality and security in line with the Constitution.</callout>  
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 A Mobile Virtual Network Operator or MVNO is a mobile operator that doesn't have its own wireless network infrastructure, it relies on another carrier's radio network infrastructure.  There are various types of MVNOs ranging from a full MVNO which operate everything except the radio network.  This includes operating the core network, applications & services, billing, customer care as well as sales & marketing.  At the other end of the spectrum are branded resellers which only does sales and marketing.  There are variations in between. A Mobile Virtual Network Operator or MVNO is a mobile operator that doesn't have its own wireless network infrastructure, it relies on another carrier's radio network infrastructure.  There are various types of MVNOs ranging from a full MVNO which operate everything except the radio network.  This includes operating the core network, applications & services, billing, customer care as well as sales & marketing.  At the other end of the spectrum are branded resellers which only does sales and marketing.  There are variations in between.
  
-Historically, MVNOs operated on CellC's network, the only operator to offer wholesale MVNO services.  However, in late 2020 [[https://techcentral.co.za/mtn-joins-cell-c-in-the-mvno-platform-business/102488/|MTN announced]] it would offer MVNOs on its network. +Historically, MVNOs operated on CellC's network, the only operator to offer wholesale MVNO services.  However, in late 2020 [[https://techcentral.co.za/mtn-joins-cell-c-in-the-mvno-platform-business/102488/|MTN announced]] it would offer MVNOs on its network. Vodacom made a [[https://techcentral.co.za/vodacom-is-building-a-platform-for-mvnos/103009/|similar announcement]] around the same time.
  
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