Icasa is not thinking of the investment roll-out required and issuing licences to small start up companies and requiring a 51% BEE shareholding they will definitely be doomed because of the lack of investment to attain national coverage quickly. Considering that we will have between 4-6 licences being issued at the same time depending on the amount of spectrum to be allocated. Icasa should stay within international norms and issue 4 national licences with 30mhz of spectrum and allow for international investors to invest in the networks and make it succeed with a requirement of each licensee having to attain at least a minimum of 33% BEE shareholding within 3 years either by a listing on the stock market or a direct investor. I certainly dont believe the current mobile operators should be considered for any spectrum as that would lessen competition in the market place. The current mobile operators have 900mhz,1800 and 2100mhz spectrum. Issuing them with wimax spectrum would certainly be damaging the market. Overseas countries never issue all the frequency bands to a few operators to
cannibilise the consumers. We in South Africa are desperate for competition. We rely on Vodacom for 3G national coverage and on telkom for National ADSL. No other company offers that to the South African consumer yet. Cell-C has been offered a 3G licence but they not interested in rolling one out. Why not offer that licence to international investors. Icasa is pushing all the wrong buttons and nobodys telling them the right from the wrong. Wake up ICASA and let the new competition roll in. I am led to believe that Certain ICASA people may have some financial interest in the current Operators. Which may be the reason for them mandating stuff which does not suit the country or the peoples needs.
ICASA is ensuring WIMAX fails in South Africa ! WHY ?
DXL - Mobile
cannibilise the consumers. We in South Africa are desperate for competition. We rely on Vodacom for 3G national coverage and on telkom for National ADSL. No other company offers that to the South African consumer yet. Cell-C has been offered a 3G licence but they not interested in rolling one out. Why not offer that licence to international investors. Icasa is pushing all the wrong buttons and nobodys telling them the right from the wrong. Wake up ICASA and let the new competition roll in. I am led to believe that Certain ICASA people may have some financial interest in the current Operators. Which may be the reason for them mandating stuff which does not suit the country or the peoples needs.
ICASA is ensuring WIMAX fails in South Africa ! WHY ?
DXL - Mobile
