Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

ICASA

Licensing process for Individual Electronic Communications Network Service Licence and Radio Frequency Spectrum Licence for the Wireless Open Access Network (WOAN), December 2020

4. Proposed spectrum for the award
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4.1. This section in the IM listed the spectrum that was available for assignment as well as options of the packages that would be available i.e. option 1 – option 5.

 

4.2. There were a number of suggestions presented by the industry on the amount of spectrum needed by the WOAN in order to be viable.

 

4.3. The Authority has set aside 2x 10 MHz on the IMT700 band, 1x 30 MHz on the 2600 MHz band and 1x 30 MHz on the IMT3500).2

 

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2 The reasons for the Authority allocating these bands are explained further in the IMT committee’s reasons document.