The communications minister, Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, promised to license at least one rival to Telkom, the current monopoly provider, and to set aside up to 30% of each big licence for black South Africans.The conflict between business-as-usual and compensation for blacks would be easier to resolve if white businessmen trusted South Africa's black-dominated government, and vice versa.
It is a disaster for the BBC but a bigger disaster for the licence fee payer".
Sturgeon, speaking at the Guardian Edinburgh International TV Festival on Thursday, said that the new structure could include new dedicated TV and radio services and a bigger chunk of the licence fee for Scotland.
Young people saving hard for a first property or to buy a bigger home have more licence to spend freely when house prices fall, he says.When the cash machine stops workingFalling housing wealth might also crimp spending by restricting access to credit.
"I noticed - we noticed - that there was a big scramble for licences everywhere, and countries had started to charge large sums of money to operators.
THE mad rush to bid for third-generation (3G) mobile-phone licences in Europe—$125 billion for the licences, with the same again needed to build the networks—has left telecoms companies with a stunning amount of debt: over $200 billion for the six biggest licence-holders alone.
"Except for London, none of the big licences have launched, everyone knew it would be difficult and so it has proved".
His reward was a big increase in the licence fee, which finances the BBC, and which all Britons must pay for the privilege of watching television.
The whole range of the BBC output was dramatically expanded and of course the BBC got a big hike in the licence fee to pay for colour, so they had lots of money to spend".
In China AXA will gain Winterthur's minority stake in Taikang Life, a big insurer, and a licence to write property and casualty contracts.Most big European insurers are looking farther afield for growth opportunities these days, partly because they are bumping up against each other in the mature markets close to home.
