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ITU
JCSE
Kbps
KPA
Ku-band
Leased Circuits
Local Content
Local Loop
Long Distance
LMDS
Mbps
MDDA
MDGs
MTSF
MICT SETA
MMDS
M-Net
MPCC
MTN
MW
MOOC
Monopoly
MPCC
Competition
MoU
MTSF
NAB
NCA
NCCF
NDP
NEETs
NEMISA
NEPAD
NeSPA
NFVF
NQF
NSA
OECD
No. 37261
International Telecommunication Union - the United Nations
specialised ICT agency based in Geneva, Switzerland
Joburg Centre for Software Engineering
Kilobits per second -a measurement of uploading/downloading
speed across a network
Key Performance Area
The frequency band 11-14Ghz, intended for direct-to-home television
broadcast
Circuits leased under the facilities leasing agreement
Programming content that is developed and produced specifically for
South African audiences by South African producers, taking into
consideration the diversity of South African culture
The communication channel, connecting customer with the nearest
exchange, or long-distance transmission facility. It is normally used
for the transmission of basic telephony and data, or the
communication channels interconnecting telecommunications
terminals within a restricted (local) area, usually for high-speed
communication (e.g. MAN).
Circuits used to interconnect local exchange areas with other local
exchange areas, or with other networks abroad.
Local Multi-point Distribution System
Megabits per second -a measurement of uploading/downloading
speed across a network
Media Development and Diversity Agency
Millennium Development Goals
Medium Term Strategic Framework
Media, Information Communications Technologies, Sector Education
Training Authority
Microwave Multi-point Distribution System
Electronic Media Network - private JSE-listed company offering a
television service utilising encoded subscription
Multi-purpose community centres
Mobile Telephone Networks - private mobile cellular company
Medium Wave (band) - radio frequency between 300 and 3000 khz
A massive open online course
Where one supplier of either services or goods, dominates an
industry with little room for a competitor to enter the market.
Multi-Purpose Community Centre
A market in which many firms compete with each other offering
similar but sufficiently different services or products.
Memorandum of Understanding
Medium Term Strategic Framework
National Association of Broadcasting of South Africa
National Credit Act
National curriculum and competency framework
National Development Plan
Not employed, not in education and not in training
National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa
New Partnership for Africa's Development
National e-Skills Plan of Action
National Film and Video Foundation
National Qualifications Framework
National Skills Agency
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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