Icasa seeks to speed up temporary allocation of radio spectrum
But Icasa says the emergency release of spectrum does not ‘negate the processes under way for permanent assignment of spectrum through an auction’
06 April 2020 - 13:07
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) will publish a Government Gazette containing regulations for the temporary allocation of radio frequency spectrum, to aid in communications during the national lockdown.
The gazette comes as the government instructed Icasa in March to issue new spectrum to telecom operators on a temporarily, to expand the network during the nationwide lockdown...
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