But Icasa says the emergency release of spectrum does not ‘negate the processes under way for permanent assignment of spectrum through an auction’
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.
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