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2.2 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LICENSEE
Unless otherwise stated
a) The Licensee shall be entitled, subject to the other provisions in this licence, to provide any or all value-added network services including voice services by means of any protocol.
b) This Licensee shall provide its service by means of telecommunications facilities provided by any licensed PSTS operator, up until 31 January 2005, where after the Licensee may Self-provision or obtain its telecommunication facilities from any other licensed telecommunication service provider, including from a private telecommunication network operator that does not require a private telecommunication network licence.
c) The Licensee in exercising its Self-provision rights shall comply with all radio regulations in the course of using any radio apparatus.
d) The Licensee shall have the right to interconnect and enter into an Interconnection Agreement with any duly authorised person under section 32(1) of the Act and in accordance with the provisions of sections 43 and 44 of the Act and any regulations so promulgated to facilitate speedy interconnection of the Licensee with any duly authorised person.
e) Any Licensee who seeks to interconnect with a circuit switched network shall have the right to apply to the Authority for numbering resource for the provision of the service and the Authority may subsequently allocate to the Licensee numbers in accordance with such regulations as may be applicable from time to time
Hi Guys
The above is straight from ICASA's web site: http://www.icasa.org.za/Repository/resources/Telecoms/VANS Regulatory Framework 2004-12-01.DOC.
Now correct if I'm wrong but my reading of b) suggests that a VANS can self-provide its facilities from Feb 2005.
To me this means that a VANS provider can:
-buy connectivity from a PTN operator (eg. Trantel/Esitel).
-run a ISM band (WiFi) network (as long as they comply with the max power and frequency regulations)
So if that is the case, surely a company like IS could:
-Setup a national infrastructure on Transtel/Esitel's fiber backbones.
-Lease connectivity from municipal fiber networks
-Use a WiFi network to reach customers over the local loop.
Voila, 1 x national broadband network.
The international side is probably still crap - but at least nationally it could work.
Am I wrong here?
Unless otherwise stated
a) The Licensee shall be entitled, subject to the other provisions in this licence, to provide any or all value-added network services including voice services by means of any protocol.
b) This Licensee shall provide its service by means of telecommunications facilities provided by any licensed PSTS operator, up until 31 January 2005, where after the Licensee may Self-provision or obtain its telecommunication facilities from any other licensed telecommunication service provider, including from a private telecommunication network operator that does not require a private telecommunication network licence.
c) The Licensee in exercising its Self-provision rights shall comply with all radio regulations in the course of using any radio apparatus.
d) The Licensee shall have the right to interconnect and enter into an Interconnection Agreement with any duly authorised person under section 32(1) of the Act and in accordance with the provisions of sections 43 and 44 of the Act and any regulations so promulgated to facilitate speedy interconnection of the Licensee with any duly authorised person.
e) Any Licensee who seeks to interconnect with a circuit switched network shall have the right to apply to the Authority for numbering resource for the provision of the service and the Authority may subsequently allocate to the Licensee numbers in accordance with such regulations as may be applicable from time to time
Hi Guys
The above is straight from ICASA's web site: http://www.icasa.org.za/Repository/resources/Telecoms/VANS Regulatory Framework 2004-12-01.DOC.
Now correct if I'm wrong but my reading of b) suggests that a VANS can self-provide its facilities from Feb 2005.
To me this means that a VANS provider can:
-buy connectivity from a PTN operator (eg. Trantel/Esitel).
-run a ISM band (WiFi) network (as long as they comply with the max power and frequency regulations)
So if that is the case, surely a company like IS could:
-Setup a national infrastructure on Transtel/Esitel's fiber backbones.
-Lease connectivity from municipal fiber networks
-Use a WiFi network to reach customers over the local loop.
Voila, 1 x national broadband network.
The international side is probably still crap - but at least nationally it could work.
Am I wrong here?