Spectrum: Use it or lose it

This clearly shows that use-it-or-lose-it is a policy decision which icasa is not willing to make.

I do like the concept of "amount of users served", but the industry will never go with this measurement (I can serve 1000 small businesses with the same spectrum as one corporate). I think a better measurement will be "amount of data transported" using the spectrum.
 
zamicro said:
This clearly shows that use-it-or-lose-it is a policy decision which icasa is not willing to make.

I do like the concept of "amount of users served", but the industry will never go with this measurement (I can serve 1000 small businesses with the same spectrum as one corporate). I think a better measurement will be "amount of data transported" using the spectrum.
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Any measurement on efficient use of spectrum will be great. Number of users / MHz might not be perfect but should be measurable. Amount of data transported would be much more difficult to get from the networks.
 
Spectrum + Maths

Dear, RPM

I was just bothered with your article !

Because the maths dont ADD up for the Spectrum Available per Band !

Vodacom has 22MHz of 900MHz spectrum, 24MHz of 1.8GHz spectrum, 30MHz of 2.1GHz spectrum and 5MHz of UMTS TDD spectrum. This totals 81MHz of spectrum through which the company provides 24.8 million subscribers with basic voice and data connectivity and around 440 000 HSDPA broadband clients.

MTN has the same spectrum allocation as Vodacom and serves 14.8 million voice and data subscribers and approximately 150 000 HSDPA broadband subscribers using this spectrum.

Cell C has a similar spectrum allocation to its rivals with the exception that it only has 20MHz of 2.1GHz spectrum compared to Vodacom and MTN’s 30MHz. It is serving around 4.5 million voice and data clients using its 69.8MHz of spectrum.

WBS/iBurst has been allocated 15MHz of 2.5GHz WiMax spectrum, 24MHz of GSM1800 spectrum and 10MHz of spectrum in the 1787 – 1797MHz frequency band. It currently has 70 000 wireless broadband subscribers and has recently rolled out a WiMax network in partnership with Vodacom.

Neotel has 56MHz of 3.5GHz WiMax spectrum, 24MHz of GSM1800 spectrum and 10MHz of 800MHZ CDMA2000 spectrum. The company only has a few hundred customers on its network, but is rapidly expanding its wireless network and actively growing its CDMA customer base.

Telkom has a wide range of valuable spectrum. The company has 24MHz of spectrum in the 1.8GHz band, 20MHz in the 2.1GHz band, 20MHz in the 1880MHz – 1900MHz frequency band, 20MHz of multi-gain wireless spectrum and 56MHz of valuable 3.5GHz spectrum. With this 140MHz of spectrum the company is only serving a few thousand wireless customers.

Sentech is doing even worse with its 50MHz of 2.5GHz spectrum and 56MHz of 3.5GHz WiMax spectrum. The company has only a few thousand wireless broadband subscribers left, and has been accused by many industry players as wasting the valuable 106MHz of WiMax spectrum it has been allocated.

How could MTN , VodaCom and Cell-C have similar amounts of 900mhz Spectrum if there is only 50mhz available of ToTAL spectrum ( Uplink and Downlink ) Available for GSM in the 900mhz Band !

You did mention that VodaCom has 22mhz of Spectrum in the 900mhz band !

However it is True that VodaCom does have alot of 900mhz spectrum i.e 20mhz !

MTN however does possess slightly lesser that VodaCom. They Have 15mhz !

Cell-C has the least amount of 900mhz Spectrum which is 5mhz ( TOTAL )

The Rest of The Article seems to be more or less what the Various Operators Have !

Please read my arcticle below !

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=129600

DXL - Mobile
 
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