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National Gazette No. 42829, 08 November 2019, Vol 653, Page 141

20191108 - National Gazette No 42829 of 08-November-2019, Volume 653, page 141

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Gazette	National Gazettes, No 42829, from 08 November, 2019
Department	ICASA
Notice	Page No. 77 of 209, Notice No. 600, Electronic Communications Act (36/2005), as amended » Notice regarding the Final International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Roadmap 2019

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feasible, and to manage the IMT radio spectrum bands. In any case, the Authority performs feasibility
                   studies  in cases where  the benefits of allocating  spectrum  exclusively  to IMT  services  are not
                   straightforward.
                   In South Africa, it is important to align with IMT specifications to take advantage of worldwide
                   standards, technologies and services.

In general, it is desirable to assign long-term IMT bands, so operators, network solution vendors and
                   terminal manufactures have sufficient time to exploit synergies in harmonised designs. Globally
                   harmonised frequency arrangements in the bands identified for IMT will reduce the overall cost of
                   IMT networks and terminals by providing economies of scale, and facilitating deployment and cross-
                   border co-ordination, roaming, etc.

IMT bands previously identified

The following bands have been identified before by the ITU for use by IMT-compatible standards in
                   the Radio Regulations (RR) “Edition of 2012”. 29

In the rest of this document, IMT designations of spectrum bands are used interchangeably with the
                   actual frequency ranges. For instance, IMT450 refers to the frequency band extending from 450 MHz
                   to 470 MHz.

IMT bands                                          Unpaired configuration
                                                            Paired configuration (FDD)
                     IMT Designation       IMT Range                                        (TDD)

D12 - 2×5 MHz (450-455 &
                                                                   460-465)
                                                             D13-2×5 MHz (451-456 &
                         IMT450            450-470 MHz             461-466)
                                                            D14 - 2×5 MHz (452.5-457.5
                                                                 & 462.5-467.5)
                                                                                      D8 - 20 MHz (450-470)

In accordance with latest
                                                                                            revision
                                                                  2×45 MHz or
                         IMT700         694-790 (or 806) MHz
                                                              2×30 MHz + 2×3 MHz

29  http://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2012.

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