Ngomhla lu-1 kuLwezi wezi-2019, umlawuli wezokuxhumana waseNingizimu Afrika, i-ICASA, ushicilele incwadi okwase kuyisikhathi eside ilindelwe. Imemorandamu yolwazi (IM) ngenqubo yokunikeza amalayisense okunikezwa kwe-spectrum ye-International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) noma lokho okubuye kubizwe ngokuthi yi-high demand spectrum. I-IM iyisinyathelo sokuqala se-ICASA ekuqaliseni inqubo yokunikezwa kwelayisensi yobubanzi obufunwa kakhulu futhi ibeka kabanzi inqubo ehlongozwayo yokunikeza amalayisense lo mkhakha kanye nokumema ababambiqhaza nabangase bafake izicelo ukuba benze izethulo mayelana nezinketho ezihlongozwayo.
I-IM iphakamisa ukwandisa i-spectrum esenziwe yatholakala ku-opharetha beselula ukusuka ku-566MHz yamanje kuya ku-958MHz. Ngendlela yenqubo, i-ICASA ihlongoza ukugunyazwa kanyekanye:
- 60MHz (2x30MHz) kubhendi engu-700MHz;
- 60MHz (2x30MHz) kubhendi engu-800MHz;
- 40MHz kubhendi engu-2.3GHz;
- 170MHz kubhendi engu-2.6GHz; futhi
- 116MHz kubhendi engu-3.5GHz.
Kuze kube manje, i-ICASA ibeke izinto ezinhlanu ongakhetha kuzo zokunikeza amalayisense anesidingo esikhulu phakathi kwala maqembu futhi icele ukuthi imboni iphawule futhi izethulwe ngeziphakamiso zayo. Ngaphakathi kwenketho ngayinye, i-spectrum etholakalayo ihlungwe yaba yinqwaba Yezinkatho, ezinye iziNkatho zabelwe inethiwekhi yokufinyelela evulekile engenantambo (i-WOAN) kanye neziNkatho ezisele okufanele zenziwe zitholakale embonini. Abafake izicelo bayoba nelungelo lokubhida noma yiziphi iZiqephu. Amanani abekiwe eLothi ngayinye ohlelweni lokubhida asazonqunywa yi-ICASA. I-ICASA ifuna ukuphawula ngalokhu. I-ICASA izophinde yethule ama-spectrum caps futhi icele ukuphawula nangalokhu.
I-ICASA ihlongoze ukuphoqelela inani lezibopho kubanikazi bamalayisensi abaphumelele okuzoba yimibandela yamalayisensi e-spectrum azokhishwa. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, labo abathola i-spectrum kumele:
- ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zedatha ezweni lonke ngokulayishwa okumaphakathi okungu-15Mbit/s nokulanda okumaphakathi okungu-30Mbit/s ezweni lonke ngo-2025;
- ukuzuza okuhlosiwe okuhlosiwe, okuhlanganisa nezindawo zasemaphandleni, okusazonqunywa (izindawo ezithile ze-spectrum kuphela);
- hlinzeka ngokufinyelela okuvulekile okungenani kwama-opharetha amathathu enethiwekhi yeselula (ama-MVNO). Lawa ma-MVNO kufanele abe nobunikazi obuncane obungama-51% bamaqembu abantu ababencishwe amathuba ngaphambilini; futhi
- uthenge ubuncane obungama-30% womthamo kazwelonke ku-WOAN isikhathi okungenani seminyaka emihlanu. Ukuthi lesi sibopho sizoqala nini ngempela akucaci.
I-ICASA iphakamise ukuthi le ndali yenziwe ngendlela yendali ye-multi-round ngasikhathi sinye (i-SMRA) enenqwaba yama-generic spectrum. Lokhu kuhlanganisa indali evulekile ekhuphukayo enamayunithi amaningi eyenzeka emizuliswaneni yezinombolo lapho intengo izokwenyuka emzuliswaneni ngamunye kuze kungabi bikho amabhidi amasha.
Mhlawumbe into ebaluleke kakhulu ethathwe ku-IM eshicilelwe ukuthi i-ICASA ihlela ukunika amalayisense amalayisense afanele womabili amanethiwekhi e-4G/LTE kanye nawesizukulwane esilandelayo se-5G, umnyakazo obonakala uphikisana nesifiso sikahulumeni sokunikeza ilayisense i-5G njengengxenye yenqubo ehlukile. ngokwe I-Spectrum Policy ekhishwe ngoJulayi.