{"id":48200,"date":"2012-04-19T13:24:36","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T11:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=48200"},"modified":"2012-04-19T14:14:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T12:14:19","slug":"high-demand-spectrum-policy-direction-set-for-may-2012-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/48200-high-demand-spectrum-policy-direction-set-for-may-2012-release.html","title":{"rendered":"High demand spectrum policy direction set for May 2012 release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Communications, <a title=\"Dina Pule\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/2128-Dina-Pule\">Dina Pule<\/a>, aims to provide the <a title=\"Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/2027-ICASA-Independent-Communications-Authority-of-SA\">Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)<\/a> with a policy direction for the assignment of high demand spectrum in May 2012.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s mobile network operators have been clamouring for the assignment of spectrum in the 800MHz and 2.6GHz bands, saying that the roll-out of high speed mobile broadband technologies such as <a title=\"LTE\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/367212-Long-term-Evolution-(LTE)\">LTE<\/a> depends on it.<\/p>\n<p>ICASA issued an invitation to apply for frequencies in these bands last year, but have been waiting for a policy direction from the Department of Communications before the process could proceed.<\/p>\n<p>Pule admitted that they could probably have finalised the policy direction in April 2012 after receiving inputs from the public and industry, but said that the various projects on the DoC\u2019s plate has them stretched thin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the time we had, we had to spend on arranging this [National Integrated ICT Policy colloquium],\u201d Pule said.<\/p>\n<p>This is not taking into account the DoC\u2019s project for migrating from analogue to digital broadcasting, or the policy on the scheme of ownership, Pule said.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Please don\u2019t mess this one up as well, DoC\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/columns\/48150-please-dont-mess-this-one-up-as-well-doc.html\"><strong>Please don\u2019t mess this one up as well, DoC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ICASA hits back over research report\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/47996-icasa-hits-back-over-research-report.html\"><strong>ICASA hits back over research report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pay up or else, warns ICASA\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/44905-pay-up-or-else-warns-icasa.html\"><strong>Pay up or else, warns ICASA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ICASA spectrum assignment plans welcomed\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/39915-icasa-spectrum-assignment-plans-welcomed.html\"><strong>ICASA spectrum assignment plans welcomed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Communications aims to provide ICASA with a policy directive for the assignment of high demand spectrum in May 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