WI-FI SERVICES: ICASA RELEASES MORE SPECTRUM

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has opened the lower 6GHz spectrum band to Wi-Fi services.

According to a media statement on the regulatory amendment entailed, among other things it will give the remote local area network and Wi-Fi service uptake ‘a much-needed boost’.

The amendment adds the lower 6GHz spectrum band to a list of apparatus exempt from radio frequency spectrum licensing requirements in terms of Annexure B to the 2015 regulations. Compliance with other regulatory prescripts nevertheless remains mandatory.

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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