Icasa seeks to speed up temporary allocation of radio spectrum

The Independent Communications Authority of SA will publish a Government Gazette containing regulations for the temporary allocation of radio frequency spectrum, to aid in communications during the national lockdown.government instructed Icasa in March to issue new spectrum to telecom operators on a temporarily, to expand the network during the nationwide lockdown.

On Monday, Icasa said it had decided to make the following spectrum bands available for temporary assignment: 700MHz, 800MHz, 2,300MHz, 2,600MHz and 3,500MHz. “It is of critical importance to note that the emergency release of this spectrum does not, in any way whatsoever, negate the processes that are currently under way for permanent assignment of spectrum through an auction, the process which [ICASA] had committed to finalise by the end of 2020; as well as the assignment of spectrum to be set aside for the wireless open-access network due for completion next year.

SA’s last big set of spectrum was allocated in the 2.1GHz band, which enabled Vodacom and MTN to roll out their 3G networks. Cell C received such spectrum in 2011.

There'll more benefits once Spectrum is provisioned. 1. Consumers will enjoy cheaper rates 2. Digital migration with ease 3. More networks to anchor IoT 4. Easy deployment of 5G networks 5. Massive ingress n egress bandwidth Etc.... The benefits list is endless

Digital migration

It's long overdue.

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