"We have one FM licence in the region that we broadcast Absolute Radio on.
It is unclear where that leaves other companies with exploration licences in the region, including Chevron, Santos and Karoon.
Have the criteria set by the government for granting arms export licences in the region been respected, and what should be the consequences if they have not?" He said the committee was also likely to look at the role of the Department for International Development in sanctioning arms sales.
In this model, household size, possession of a driving licence, settlement size and region type (city, hinterland, rural area) all have no impact.
But last month, the telecoms regulator decided to do a spot check and was shocked to discover that VimpelCom did not have a GSM licence for the Moscow region.
The government had hoped to raise $6 billion from the sale of the licences in ten regions around the country.
That may sound like a lot, but it is a fraction of the sum raised by similar auctions in Europe in 2000 and 2001, when bidders were still beguiled by visions of wireless nirvana.Over 150 companies bid for licences divided into regions and cities, allowing operators to cobble together nationwide coverage or concentrate their efforts.
In the spring of 2014 the national telecom regulator awarded Rhizomatica a two-year experimental, non-profit licence to operate in the region.
Meanwhile, oil firms including BP, Shell, Statoil and ConocoPhillips have been awarded licences to operate in the region to join those previously given to ExxonMobil and Cairn Energy.
Also, its record in tackling HIV may help it secure the "social licence" to mine in other regions with virulent diseases, such as malaria.A final pay-off from the corporate fight against AIDS is that it helped to shame South Africa's government into changing its AIDS policy.
