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National Gazette No. 42829, 08 November 2019, Vol 653, Page 78
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Notice No. 600,
Electronic Communications Act (36/2005), as amended » Notice regarding the Final International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Roadmap 2019
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78 No. 42829 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8 NOVEMBER 2019 2 OVERVIEW Purpose of the IMT Roadmap The exponential increase in demand for mobile broadband in South Africa compels a need for additional bandwidth capacity. This requirement is further compounded by the fact that many rural areas do not have access to effective mobile bandwidth, emphasising a real requirement for effective universal mobile broadband access in South Africa in general. It is also important to note the advantage of lower frequency bands ("UHF") for this purpose where propagation qualities are significantly better than that of the higher bands. This aspect is particularly important in the process of providing effective coverage in rural areas. The International Telecommunication Union ("ITU") identified frequency bands that could be used for International Mobile Telecommunications ("IMT"), which is mainly intended for mobile broadband. The National Radio Frequency Plan ("NRFP") 2018, published in Government Gazette Number 41650 ( Notice No. 266 of 2018), further identified which of these IMT bands (between 450 MHz and 3600 MHz) could be deployed in South Africa. The NRFP 2018 repealed the National Radio Frequency Plan 2013. The eventual assignment to IMT is made through a Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plan ("RFSAP"). The IMT Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plans (Final) was published in Government Gazette No 38640 (Notices 270 to 278 of 2015). The purpose of Radio Frequency Migration Regulation, 2013 and Radio Frequency Migration Plan is to establish the framework by which the Authority may migrate users of the radio frequency spectrum under the National Radio Frequency Plan of South Africa. The Radio Frequency Migration Plan 2013 replacing the Frequency Migration Plan 2019. A key driver for the deployment of IMT bands is the need to ensure that mobile broadband meets the objectives of `broadband for all' which is encapsulated in the targets of the SA Connect (Creating Opportunities, Ensuring Inclusion, South Africa's Broadband Policy) published in Government Gazette No. 37119 (Notice No 953 of 2013). A key part of this 2019 IMT Roadmap concerns the deployment of the 700 MHz and 800 MHz digital dividend bands that is still being occupied by analogue television and digital terrestrial television ("DTT"). On 30 March 2015, ICASA published the Final Radio Frequency Spectrum Assignment Plans in Government Gazette Number 38640 (Notices 271, 272, 273 and 274 of 2015) to implement IMT in 700 MHz and 800 MHz bands. This was to give effect to the one of the objectives described in the National Development Plan (NDP), which states that; "The efficient assignment and Page 14 of 205
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