The migration to digital broadcasting has been 15 years in the making, but Icasa freeing up some radio frequencies will help
free up some radio frequencies used by TV channel operators in a move that will bring SA closer to concluding the more-than a decade long digital migration process.
Much of this spectrum has been held back from mobile network companies because it is occupied by broadcast services. The migration from analogue to digital broadcast services has been looming for 15 years, and SA missed an international deadline to carry out the switch by 2015. Icasa now expects to complete the process in 2021, though there are a number of hurdles to clear before that can happen.
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