South Africa announces draft STB manufacturing strategy

South Africa’s Department of Communications is planning to publish its Set Top Box (STB) Manufacturing Sector Development Strategy for South Africa by September 2009. The Department is inviting written comments on the proposed strategy which must be received within 14 working days of the date of publication of this notice.

The strategy seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• To establish local capacity to manufacture STBs;
• To strengthen and expand domestic technical, design and software engineering skills base;
• To build an industry with export capabilities for locally produced STBs and digital TV applications and products;
• To encourage industry participation in driving the vision of building a world class electronic industry; and
• To maximize opportunities for introducing new players within the STB manufacturing value chain.

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