Please note: On 13 April (nearly two weeks after gazetting the new regulations) ICASA issued a media statement explaining their significance in 'making sufficient spectrum available to licensees, on a technology-neutral basis, in order to enable the rollout and uptake of 4G and 5G services across South Africa'.
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has gazetted radio frequency spectrum assignment regulations for the following bands, with a reasons document explaining the rationale for each decision:
The regulations follow an inquiry into radio frequency migration plan options and related roadmaps apparently begun in 2021.
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch