Welcome to the Internet Service Providers’ Association
ISPA is a South African non profit company, and recognised Internet industry representative body. Formed in 1996, ISPA has historically served as an active industry body, facilitating exchange between the different independent Internet service providers, ICASA and other government structures, operators and other service providers in South Africa..
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Latest Press Releases
Open Access Making Progress, ISPA Says
Released on 2018-10-19
Communities across the country are increasingly insisting on open access fibre optic cable installations which provide a neutral platform for ISPs to compete with each other to the benefit of tenants and residents. That’s the word from South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) which says elected representatives of gated communities, estates and business parks […]
Silence Greets ICASA’s Call Termination Rates
Released on 2018-10-04
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) announced last week that it has concluded its three-year investigation into call termination rates. These are the fees telephony service providers, including Telkom and the mobile network operators, pay each other to terminate voice calls made by a subscriber of one service provider to a subscriber of another […]
The Exceptionally Unhelpful Subscriber Service Charter Regulations
Released on 2018-09-27
ICASA has made much of amendments to the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter (EUSSC) Regulations which it says will help consumers with some of the more predatory practices employed by mobile networks and other service providers. However, says SA’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA), it is now more than 100 days since these regulations were […]
A Trio of Winners for ICT in Education Awards
Released on 2018-08-24
South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has named Matema Jacobeth Malatji of Diopong Primary School as ISPA SuperTeacher of the Year 2018 following a gala dinner held last night as a centrepoint of the annual iWeek Internet industry conference and exhibition. ISPA is the longtime sponsor of SA’s longest-running national ICT in education awards […]
