Completing digital migration is key to broadband release ambitions, says finance minister. MTBPS2022 DigitalMigration STBs ASO
With the auction for high-demand spectrum completed, the next stage is to conclude the digital migration process to release the spectrum in those frequency bands.
According to the sector performance and outlook of the MTBPS, the transport, storage and communication sector grew by 7.6% in the first six months of 2022, compared with the same period in 2021. However, litigation and numerous other challenges saw the process being delayed for more than a decade. The latest blow to the digital migration process was the Constitutional Court’s decision that halted the 30 June analogue switch-off date.
Access to high‐demand spectrum will help mobile operators provide faster and more widespread high-speed data services. On the consumer front, it would mean making affordable data available to firms and households.
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