Maseru - Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has joined her regional counterparts in Maseru, Lesotho, for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) and Postal Services Ministers’ meeting.
Minister Muthambi’s agenda at the two-day gathering will include participating in discussions about the roll-out of digital migration, mobile roaming and broadband in the region.
She will also meet Lesotho’s Communications, Science and Technology Minister, Khotso Letsatsi, where the two are expected to sign a bilateral agreement on a range of issues, including a broadcasting content exchange programme.
The agreement will also give an undertaking that South Africa’s Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) will assist Lesotho with the creation of a GCIS equivalent.
Minister Muthambi visited Lesotho in May, where she signed an agreement of cooperation regarding cross-border frequency interference for digital terrestrial television (DTT) services with Minister Letsatsi.
The two Ministers agreed to cooperate in mitigating cross-border frequency interference that may occur as a result of international protection of analogue frequencies coming to an end. - SAnews.gov.za
