Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005) Regulations Radio Frequency Spectrum Licence Fee Amendment Regulations, 2015 1. Definitions

 

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has the meaning so assigned, unless otherwise defined in these regulations:

 

"the Act"

means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005);

 

"ASTER"

means the Area Sterilized Factor;

 

"Area Sterilized Factor"

means a factor that is applied to reflect an area that is denied to other users of a frequency assignment;

 

"BW"

means Bandwidth;

 

"Bandwidth Factor"

means MHz paired;

 

"CG"

means the Congestion Factor;

 

"Congestion Factor"

means the factor that is applied to reflect where a frequency spectrum is congested and demand exceeds supply;

 

"CPI"

means consumer price index;

[Definition inserted by regulation 2.1 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]

 

"FREQ"

means the Frequency Factor;

 

"Frequency Factor"

means the factor that is applied to reflect the frequency band or the spectrum location in which the frequency assignment is positioned;

 

"GEO"

means the Geographic Factor;

 

"Geographic Factor"

means the factor that is applied to reflect the geographic area of South Africa covered by a frequency spectrum assignment;

 

"GHz"

means a radio frequency value designated in gigahertz;

[Definition substituted by regulation 2.2 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]

 

"HOPMINI"

means the Minimum Hop Factor;

 

"ICASA Act"

means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000);

 

"Minimum Hop Factor"

means the factor that is applied to a point to point frequency spectrum assignment when the hop length is shorter than the minimum hop length identified for the frequency;

 

"kHz"

means a radio frequency value designated in kilohertz;

[Definition substituted by regulation 2.3 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]

 

"MHz"

means a radio frequency value designated in megahertz;

[Definition substituted by regulation 2.4 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]

 

"Minimum Fee"

means the minimum fee paid for a radio frequency spectrum licence;

 

"SEC"

means Security Factor;

[Definition inserted by regulation 2.5 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]

 

"Security Factor"

means the factor that is applied to reflect the assignments made to the security services as defined in the Electronic Communications Act of 2005;

[Definition inserted by regulation 2.6 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]

 

"SHR"

means the Sharing Factor;

 

"Sharing Factor"

means the factor that is applied when the frequency spectrum that is the subject of an assignment can be shared;

 

"UNIBI"

means the Uni-directional factor;

 

"Uni-directional Factor"

means the factor that is applied when a single link only is assigned;

 

"UNIT"

means the Unit Price per Megahertz paired;

 

"Unit Price"

means the price that is applied when the radio frequency spectrum licence fee is calculated by means of a formula;

 

"VSAT"

means Very Small Aperture Terminal.