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PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICE
ANDADMINISTRATIONCOMMENTS SITA AMENDMENT
BILLPresentation by Transteland Eskom31 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 SITAs role
• Competition related issues
• SITAs remit

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General Comments

• SITAs role should be that of an IT
  procurer/broker of services
• for government departments
• SITAs 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 (contd)

• 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
• SITAs PTN licence would then be similar to that
  of PTN licensees
• other than Transnet and Eskom

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General Comments (contd)

• 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 (contd)

• 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

• SITAs 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

• eer