Finance minister Enoch Godongwana.
MTBPS2022: With the auction for high-demand spectrum completed, the next stage is to conclude the digital migration process to release the spectrum in those frequency bands.
So said finance minister Enoch Godongwana, delivering the 2022 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to the National Assembly at Cape Town’s City Hall this afternoon.
“The minister of communications and digital technologies will shortly indicate a new date for analogue switch-off,” he notes.
According to the sector performance and outlook of the MTBPS, the transport, storage and communication sector grew by 7.6% in the first six months of 2022, compared with the same period in 2021.
However, delays in digital migration are offsetting the forward momentum of the auction of broadband spectrum that should create significant positive gains for…
