That date‚ according to a statement from Muthambi’s office‚ will see
the International Telecommunications Union ceasing to protect analogue
users from signal interference.
“However‚ Muthambi and her Digital
Migration Programme Management Office (DTT-PMO)‚ have conducted a risk
mitigation analysis which has established that the most immediate
television signal interference threat would come from outside the
borders of the country‚” the statement said.
The minister has
apparently signed agreements of co-operation with some of SA’s
neighbours - Botswana‚ Lesotho‚ Swaziland and Mozambique – while similar
arrangements with Namibia and Zimbabwe are being finalised.
“The
purpose of these agreements is to harmonise the utilisation of Radio
Frequency Spectrum as the countries undergo the digital migration to
ensure that there will be no interference‚” the statement said.
“The
measure of the success of the engagements that the minister has had is
that all these countries are assured that June 17 will come and go
without any major negative impact on their analogue television
services.”
The statement also said the ministry is hard at work to
ensure that “set-top-boxes are manufactured and delivered to complete
the migration process”.
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