Space for WiMax

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Space for WiMax

Government wants some of the scarce radio frequency spectrum that will be freed up through SA’s impending move from analogue to digital terrestrial television to be made available to telecommunications operators wanting to provide wireless broadband services.

 

[Roman4604]

Globally WiMAX equipment vendors have standardised around 3.5Ghz for 802.16d (so called fixed) and 2.5GHz for 802.16e (so called mobile). I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how freeing up terrestrial analogue TV spectrum is going to assist in these 2 bands?

If you start using WiMAX equipment in some hacked-up propretiary fashion, you defeat the main objectives of WiMAX itself, namely standardisation & vendor independance.

Pretty much like saying you're going to free up the TV spectrum for WiFi usage. Great, try find a laptop with a WiFi adapter that will operate in those bands.

Keep spinning that spin DoC.

 

[Ivork]

I’m completely dumbfounded by the oceans of sheer stupidity the DOC has managed to surround themselves with and employ. Do they actually pay these people?

The more they open their mouths, the funnier it gets.

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[.Froot.]

How can ICASA determine which frequency to give out etc, if they can't even get our ADSL regulations sorted, never mind anything else?

 

[risingtide]

If you start using WiMAX equipment in some hacked-up propretiary fashion, you defeat the main objectives of WiMAX itself, namely standardisation & vendor independance.

No problem, they will have some CTB's (Computer Top Boxes) manufactured and will then subsidise them.

 

[Rabbit7766]

in the words of Alice : Curiouser and curiouser... This looking glass is getting funnier by the day.

 

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Shope-Mafole says spectrum that is freed up will also be used to license new mobile TV operators — those broadcasting to cellphones — as well as new public and private terrestrial TV channels.

Mobile TV I can understand - the sort where one's TV finds feet and travels away from one's home, but I somehow doubt that TV broadcasting to cellphones is going to gather much momentum in SA considering !CASA's involvement & SA's current PayTV market which is still limited to only one operator, and then there is the SABC and its TV Licensing - money for nothing & for free.