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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE ANDADMINISTRATION
COMMENTS SITA AMENDMENT BILL
Presentation by Transteland Eskom
31 July 2002
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. General Comments
3. Conclusion
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Introduction
Transtel and Eskom welcome the opportunity to comment on the proposed SITA Amendment Bill
Important issues highlighted in this submission include:
• The exact nature of SITA’s role
• Competition related issues
• SITA’s remit
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General Comments
SITA’s role should be that of an IT procurer/broker of services
for government departments
SITA’s remit should apply to government departments and
to organs of state only if the organs of state elect to
procure services from it
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General Comments (cont’d)
If SITA wishes to roll-out its own Wide Area Network independently of
fixed line operators, the Telecommunications Act should be amended
to grant SITA this power
In the current form of the SITA Amendment Bill, SITA should apply for
a PTN licence under the Telecommunications Act – then lease
bandwidth from PSTS operator of choice
SITA’s PTN licence would then be similar to that of PTN licensees
other than Transnet and Eskom
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General Comments (cont’d)
Provider of all IT related services and facilities (Wide Area Networks
“WANS”)
Authentication products and services on an exclusive basis should only
apply to government departments and to organs of state if the organs of
state choose to use SITA as their provider of authentication products
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General Comments (cont’d)
Organs of State such as Transtel and Eskom Enterprises are
obligated to procure IT related products and services from
Arivia.kom
Other Organs of State, such as Denel also have a similar
obligation
It is questionable whether services provided to departments
and Organs of State should be construed as a provision of a
network for purposes principally or integrally related to the
operations of that department or Organ of State
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Conclusion
•eer
SITA’s role should be that of a broker of IT related services and facilities on behalf of government departments instead of a provider
Organs of state should be able to choose who their IT service provider will be
It is questionable whether, if SITA obtains a PTN licence, it shall be able to provide services principally and integrally related to the operations of different Organs of State
Telecommunications Act would have to be amended to enable SITA to roll out their own Telecommunications PTN