No 4G in SA - here's why

We should consider ourselves lucky that these primitive tribe chiefs in fancy suits don't completely shut down current 3G spectrum.
 
Anyone have any idea when the old analog tv transmitters are to be shut down and so open up the 800MHz bands? That would be a start.
 
dabbler said:
Anyone have any idea when the old analog tv transmitters are to be shut down and so open up the 800MHz bands? That would be a start.
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At the current rate I would estimate 2036
 
What do you expect from the cANCer.... this is just true to form for them.
 
Wonder which of these institutions are going to win the 'Mamparra of the year' award at the Mybb conference? :D
 
dabbler said:
Anyone have any idea when the old analog tv transmitters are to be shut down and so open up the 800MHz bands? That would be a start.
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AstroTurf said:
At the current rate I would estimate 2036
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Yeah I tend to agree. That's one of the things we've been told to wait for before the spectrum is assigned.

But there's still no end in sight for the digital TV STB Control battle. Only after that's resolved can our migration to DTT *begin*. Only once it's completed can we switch the analogue transmitters off.

Then there's still the fight to be had about who gets the 800MHz spectrum. Broadcasters want in on the action, and Icasa's previous plan was to give it all to "wholesale networks" - one private and one government owned.

Anyway... if we have to wait for DTT before the spectrum is released we'll be here another two years at least. Just release the 2.6GHz spectrum. Maybe even on a national trial/provisional basis. Whatever. But having it sit there useless is just an abject waste.
 
There is no reason why we shouldn't have the spectrum available - we live in Africa, which is not nearly as congested with people wanting a slice of the RF spectrum as other countries such as Europe and Asia, where they have successfully rolled out 4G.
If they can achieve it, then so can we - I doubt we have even 5 % of the demand on spectrum that these countries have.

The ANC just needs to get its A into G, and make it happen. That is our only limitation, our inept government
 
lol, this is a banana republic.

Rather wait 10 years and then we'll get it.
 
hmm lets see
my phone support all the stupid networks current LTE Spec Bands IN SA and .
just give us bloody 4G already, so i can burn my data

phone spectrum specs
2G GSM - B8 (GSM 850MHz), B10 (E-GSM 900MHz), B13 (DCS 1,800MHz), B14 (PCS 1,900MHz)
3G UMTS - B1 (IMT 2,100MHz), B2 (PCS 1,900MHz), B5 (US 850MHz Cellular), B8 (GSM 900MHz)
4G LTE - B1 (2,100), B2 (1,900), B3 (1,800), B5 (850), B7 (2,600), B8 (900), B40 (2,300), B28 (700)

check :)
telkom : B40 (2,300) TDD
vodocom : B3 (1,800) FDD
cellc : B1 (2,100) FDD
mtn : B3 (1,800) FDD
neotel : , B3 (1,800) FDD
 
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And 3.9G gets promoted as '4G' - never met a salesman at a cell shop that knows the difference. But then, getting even good 3G sometimes is hard or even impossible in Higgovale, Tamboerskloof, Clifton, Camps Bay, Constantia, Tokai, Noordhoek.............and even in the CBD area. Signal in the V&A Waterfront across networks is terrible but varies depending upon physical location. Then there are the other malls, even at Century City and Cavendish we had experienced lack of signal at just too many places inside these centres. Tygervallei? OMW.

Coverage map doesn't always reflect coverage GAP.

(Experienced on an array of Nokia, Android, iPhones)
 
surfs-up said:
There is no reason why we shouldn't have the spectrum available - we live in Africa, which is not nearly as congested with people wanting a slice of the RF spectrum as other countries such as Europe and Asia, where they have successfully rolled out 4G.
If they can achieve it, then so can we - I doubt we have even 5 % of the demand on spectrum that these countries have.

The ANC just needs to get its A into G, and make it happen. That is our only limitation, our inept government
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They have full 4G in Gambia and Angola..............
 
Wrong people are in charge of things in this our nation
 
ICASA is holding hearings as we speak - submissions due on 9 October. If you feel strongly - send through your response.

I know, I know. We've been down that road dozens of times already. However let's put through a sensible plan and see what happens.

One of the problems is that the submissions made usually reflect narrow self-interest - no real visionaries there to take account of wider imperatives of the country in a constructive way
 
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