Ngomhla woku-1 kweyeNkanga yowama-2019, umlawuli wonxibelelwano waseMzantsi Afrika, i-ICASA, upapashe incwadi ekudala ilindelwe. IMemoranda yoLwazi (IM) kwinkqubo yokukhutshwa kweelayisenisi yonikezelo lwe-International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) spectrum okanye leyo ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-high demand spectrum. I-IM linyathelo lokuqala le-ICASA ekuqaliseni inkqubo yokukhupha iilayisenisi zoluhlu olunemfuno ephezulu kwaye ibeka ngokubanzi inkqubo ecetywayo yokukhupha la maphepha-mvume kunye nokumema abachaphazelekayo kunye nabo banokuba ngabafaki-zicelo ukuba baveze izimvo zabo malunga nokhetho olucetywayo.
I-IM icebisa ukwandisa i-spectrum epheleleyo eyenziwe yafumaneka kubaqhubi beselula ukusuka kwi-566MHz yangoku ukuya kwi-958MHz. Ngokwenkqubo, i-ICASA iphakamisa ukuba kwangaxeshanye ilayisenisi:
- 60MHz (2x30MHz) kwibhendi ye-700MHz;
- 60MHz (2x30MHz) kwibhendi ye-800MHz;
- 40MHz kwibhendi ye-2.3GHz;
- 170MHz kwibhendi ye-2.6GHz; kwaye
- 116MHz kwibhendi ye-3.5GHz.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-ICASA iye yabeka iindlela ezintlanu zokhetho lokunika iilayisenisi ezinemfuno ephezulu phakathi kwala macandelo kwaye icele uluvo lweshishini kunye nomelo malunga nezindululo zayo. Kukhetho ngalunye, i-spectrum ekhoyo iye yahlelwa ngokwenani leeNqashiso, kunye neeNqashiso ezithile ezabelwa kuthungelwano lofikelelo oluvulelekileyo ngaphandle kwamacingo (WOAN) kunye namaQela aseleyo kufuneka enziwe afumaneke kushishino. Abafaki-zicelo baya kuba nelungelo lokubhida kuyo nayiphi na i-Lots. Amaxabiso ebekelwe iLothi nganye kwinkqubo yokubhida asaza kumiselwa yi-ICASA. I-ICASA ifuna ngokukodwa izimvo malunga noku. I-ICASA iza kwazisa i-spectrum caps kwaye icele izimvo malunga noku.
I-ICASA yenze isindululo sokunyanzelisa inani lezibophelelo kubantu abaphumelele iilayisenisi eziya kuba yimiqathango yamaphepha-mvume ohlukeneyo aza kukhutshwa. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, abo bafumana i-spectrum kufuneka:
- ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zedatha kulo lonke ilizwe ngokulayishwa kwe-avareji ye-15Mbit/s kunye ne-avareji yokukhuphela i-30Mbit/s kwilizwe lonke ngo-2025;
- ukufikelela kwiinkalo ezithile ekujoliswe kuzo, kubandakanywa kwimimandla yasemaphandleni, ekusafuneka igqitywe (imimandla ethile ye-spectrum kuphela);
- unikeze ufikelelo oluvulelekileyo kubuncinci abathathu abasebenza kwinethiwekhi yenyani ephathwayo (MVNOs). Ezi MVNOs kufuneka zibe nobunini obuyi-51% obuvela kumaqela awayevinjwe amathuba ngokwembali; kwaye
- Thenga ubuncinane be-30% yomthamo wesizwe kwi-WOAN isithuba seminyaka emihlanu ubuncinane. Ngokuchanekileyo ukuba olu xanduva luya kuqala nini akucaci.
I-ICASA indulule ukuba le fandesi iqhutywe ngendlela yefandesi ejikeleza imijikelo emininzi ngaxeshanye (SMRA) ngamaqashiso egeneric spectrum. Oku kuthetha ifandesi evulekileyo enyukayo yeeyunithi ezininzi eyenzeka kwimijikelo enamanani apho ixabiso liya kunyuka kumjikelo ngamnye de kungabikho zibhidi zitsha.
Mhlawumbi eyona nto ibalulekileyo ithathwa kwi-IM epapashiweyo kukuba i-ICASA iceba ukunika ilayisenisi i-spectrum efanelekileyo kuzo zombini i-4G/LTE kunye nesizukulwana esilandelayo sothungelwano lwe-5G, inyathelo elibonakala lichasene nomnqweno karhulumente wokufumana ilayisenisi ye-5G njengenxalenye yenkqubo eyahlukileyo njengoko. ngokwe Spectrum Policy ikhutshwe ngoJulayi.