The Department of Communications says it will issue a Request For Proposal (RFP) for Set-Top-Box manufacturing in two weeks.
Speaking at a media briefing at the ICT Indaba in Cape Town, Communications DG, Rosey Sekese said the manufacturing process would kick-off once all processes were concluded.
Sekese noted that while the DOC would subsidise STBs for poorer households – the final cost of the STBS would be determined by market competition and the RFP process.
Earlier this year, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) released draft manufacturing standards for STBs for public comment. The standards body has now released final standards for the digital migration process.
SA has adopted the DVB-T2 standard and has a September deadline for the availability of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) services.
Source http://saitnews.co.za/e-government/weeks/
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