Help finding spectrum assignments.

[BasBas]

I am going mad trying to find what spectrum each operator has been assigned.
Would greatly appreciate if someone can tell me where i can find an up to date resource (After the last auction) showing what spectrum each operator has.

 

[UB40]

@jannievanzyl may be able to assist here

 

[BasBas]

@jannievanzyl may be able to assist here

Thanks, He has been away for a while.

If I have no luck from anyone else I will shoot him a PM

 

[BasBas]

What have I started

 

[gotaway]

What have I started

Looking for a more recent version of this?

Spectrum Usage and Availability Q1 2019 – Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

ICASA is the regulator for the South African communications sector, responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, postal and telecommunications services.

www.icasa.org.za

 

[BasBas]

Looking for a more recent version of this?

Spectrum Usage and Availability Q1 2019 – Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

ICASA is the regulator for the South African communications sector, responsible for the regulation of broadcasting, postal and telecommunications services.

www.icasa.org.za

Something like that would do.
Even just a list somewhere of
X Service Provider - Band y - z Mhz ....

I thought MBB published one after the auction but I can not find it.

 

[BasBas]

Still no luck.
@cavedog any chance you can point me in the right direction.

 

[BasBas]

Using my SDR and my phone in field test, and some research, I have concluded the following.

*I will come back and work on the technologies used later... Have not figured it all out yet

TELKOM-SA

Band # - Frequency	Bandwidth Allocated	Downlink Frequency	Uplink Frequency	Technology used
20 - 800Mhz	2x10Mhz FDD	811Mhz - 821Mhz	852Mhz-862Mhz	10Mhz LTE Carrier
3 - 1800Mhz	2x12Mhz FDD	1727Mhz - 1749Mhz	1832Mhz - 1844Mhz	10Mhz LTE Carrier 2Mhz ???
1 - 2100Mhz	2x15Mhz FDD	1965Mhz - 1980Mhz	2155Mhz - 2180Mhz	5Mhz 3G UMTS 10Mhz LTE Carrier
40 - 2300Mhz	60Mhz TDD	2300Mhz - 2360Mhz	TDD Same as Downlink	2x20Mhz LTE Carriers or 3x20Mhz LTE carriers
42 - 2500Mhz	50Mhz TDD	3420Mhz - 3480Mhz	TDD Same as Downlink	Probably 5G NR

Band 42 is probably exclusively 5G NR and band 40 probably employs some DSS between LTE and NR

VODACOM-SA

28 - 700Mhz	2x10Mhz FDD	713Mhz - 723Mhz	768Mhz - 778Mhz
8 - 900Mhz	2x10Mhz FDD	890Mhz - 900Mhz	935Mhz - 945Mhz	2G - Possibly only 200khz
3 - 1800Mhz	2x12Mhz FDD	1761Mhz - 1773Mhz	1856Mhz - 1868Mhz
1 - 2100Mhz	2x15Mhz FDD	1920Mhz - 1935Mhz	2110Mhz - 2125Mhz
41 - 2600Mhz	80Mhz TDD	2610Mhz - 2690Mhz	TDD Same as Downlink
42 - 10Mhz	10Mhz TDD	3490Mhz - 2500Mhz	TDD Same as Downlink

MTN-SA

20 - 800Mhz	2x10Mhz FDD	801Mhz - 811Mhz	842Mhz - 852Mhz
8 - 900Mhz	2x10Mhz FDD	905Mhz - 915Mhz	950Mhz - 960Mhz	5Mhz 3G UMTS Carrier (upper portion) 10Mhz LTE Carrier. ***
3 - 1800Mhz	2x12Mhz FDD	1725Mhz - 1737Mhz	1820Mhz - 1832Mhz
1 - 2100Mhz	2x15Mhz FDD	1950Mhz - 1965Mhz	2140Mhz - 2155Mhz
41 - 2600Mhz	40Mhz TDD	2530Mhz - 2570Mhz	TDD Same as Downlink	2x20Mhz LTE Carriers Probably used for 5G NR
42 - 3500Mhz	40Mhz TDD	2500Mhz - 3540Mhz	TDD Same as Downlink

*** LTE Carrier uses 10Mhz Cell C Spectrum. 5Mhz of their own Spectrum is UMTS... I am unsure what the remaining 5Mhz is used for (Maybe 5G NR?)

RAIN; CELL- C and Liquid will have to wait until I feel like doing them.
I have figured out what technologies are assigned on Telkoms network BUT this is location dependent for example in Gauteng i have seen 3CA on B40 (B40 + B40 + B40), I have not seen this in the western cape, that may be due to 5G using the remaining 20Mhz or equipment constraints at the sites around where i live. LTE and 5G can also dynamically share spectrum using DSS.

Testing MTN and Vodacom is hard. I tried using my Telkom roaming to figure it out (655-03 is Telkom on MTN; 655-05 is Telkom on Vodacom i think). The Issue is MTN seems to use Cell-Cs spectrum as its own... or at least my Telkom also seems to roam on cell-c's spectrum as if it is part of MTN's network. I need to also figure out what spectrum sharing agreements Liquid and Rain have with MTN and Vodacom... Ill get back to this when I feel like it.