South Africa's communications watchdog plans to report British-based Free2View to the United Nations (UN) for broadcasting illegally in the country, the telecoms regulator said on Wednesday.
"We will report Free2View to the International Telecommunication Union for broadcasting illegally in South Africa," Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (Icasa) chairman Paris Mashile said on Wednesday.
The ITU is the UN agency for information and communication technologies.
Free2View, a UK-based free-to-air digital satellite operator, broadcasts across Africa free of charge from France and is available through a digital decoder and a dish.
It plans to launch new six channels by end of April and aims to have up to 36 channels. In South Africa it offers 24-hour news, an entertainment channel and MSNBC.
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Malcolm Ramsay, Free2View chief technical officer said: "We are not operating illegally. We haven't broken any South African law."
He said the fact that Mashile wants to report Free2View to the ITU shows he realises that the communications regulator has no law to stop them.
Free2View's satellite footprint stretches across sub-Saharan Africa.
"We can't trade in South Africa. Our signal is incidentally found in South Africa. We know of about 500 000 people watching us across Africa," said Ramsay.
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