I have been advised by the Department as follows:
(1)(a) 2
(1)(b) 1
(2)(a) The ICT Symposium took place on 2 November 2016;
A meeting with mobile network operators took place on 28 November 2016; and,
A meeting with representative organisations took place on 14 December 2016.
(2)(b) Venue:
ICT Symposium: Gallagher Estate, Midrand;
Mobile network operators meeting: Vodacom World, Midrand; and
Meeting with representative organisations: The Park Hyatt, Rosebank.
(c) Participants included the following:
ICT Symposium: South African Communications Forum (SACF), Fibreco, Convergence Partners, Members of Black Information Technology Forum (BITF), Smile Communications, National Lotteries Board, Black Management Forum, Telkom, MTN, and Vodacom.
Mobile network operators meeting: Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom, Neotel, WBS, and SAAIF.
Meeting with representative organisations: Black IT Forum, Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA), SACF, Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council, National Broadcasting Association, Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA), WIFI Forum, Internet Society Gauteng, and Interactive Advertising Bureau.
(3) The ICT Symposium was hosted by the Black IT Forum; the meeting with mobile network operators was hosted by Vodacom; and the meeting with representative organisations was hosted by the Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council. The costs of hosting the meetings were not incurred by the Department.