New national LTE-A network for South Africa

But why?

They must have something very special planned if they hope to compete with the big boys.

Would love to see the ROI they plan to get from this.
 
And they expect to provide national coverage in those frequency ranges, pffft, that will eat up the budget before they get out of the metros.

Without a sub-1-gig frequency, this is going to flop
 
Chevron said:
But why?

They must have something very special planned if they hope to compete with the big boys.

Would love to see the ROI they plan to get from this.
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Always something very special...that never sees the day of light or when launched, does not measure up. SNO, National Broadband Network initiative...comes to mind...Will not be holding my breath.
 
The_MAC said:
And they expect to provide national coverage in those frequency ranges, pffft, that will eat up the budget before they get out of the metros.

Without a sub-1-gig frequency, this is going to flop
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I think this will be only for Metros, low hanging fruits first and gradually expand to nationally if the uptake is good from the Metros.
 
If they want people to use this in their phones, but it is a LTE-A network only, how will they provide voice on the users cellphones?
 
yebocan said:
Reliance Jio got around the issue, with a simple app.

http://indianexpress.com/article/te...e-technology-heres-how-voice-calls-will-work/
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I know. I actually created a thread about it here, but our operators dont seem interested in solving the Volte issue on handsets that has got LTE, but not Volte support in the firmware. I dont understand why. In my view, without doing something like Jio did, you are not realizing the potential of a network you invested a lot of money into.
 
It will be superior to ADSL offerings
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Price wise per Gig?For sure on performance.Last one,National equating to rural and metro mix or just metro?
 
It's fixed broadband only. And they only have small allocations of spectrum in 1800 and 2600Mhz bands, so don't hold your breathe.
 
Yes, but they are not building a mobile network with blanket coverage. So yes you can put the SIM in your phone, just don't expect seamless coverage.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Yes, but they are not building a mobile network with blanket coverage. So yes you can put the SIM in your phone, just don't expect seamless coverage.
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Seems they are going into roaming agreements to complement their network. Seems Vodacom is the preferred one according to the article.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Yes, but they are not building a mobile network with blanket coverage. So yes you can put the SIM in your phone, just don't expect seamless coverage.
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This would be a good use case for a dual-SIM phone.
 
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