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National Gazette No. 42829, 08 November 2019, Vol 653, Page 156

20191108 - National Gazette No 42829 of 08-November-2019, Volume 653, page 156

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Gazette	National Gazettes, No 42829, from 08 November, 2019
Department	ICASA
Notice	Page No. 92 of 209, Notice No. 600, Electronic Communications Act (36/2005), as amended » Notice regarding the Final International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) Roadmap 2019

156    No. 42829            GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8 NOVEMBER 2019

The TDD band from 1880-1900 is license exempt. And used for DECT cordless telephones and
                   DECT WLL, the band 1900 to 1920 MHz is exclusively used by Telkom, for MGW and eMGW
                   FWA-systems. The guard band of 5 MHz from 1915-1920 MHz is free.

Proposal for extension of IMT2100

IMT2100 may be delayed due to reduced availability of  terminals. Depending on the traffic
                   requirements for GSM per operator and the increased IMT data demands due to higher IMT-terminal
                   penetration, the opportunity to migrate to broadband IMT (i.e. LTE) may be possible in one or two
                   steps, for example, 2×5  MHz. At  later stages,  Universal Mobile  Telecommunications System
                   (UMTS) will also be migrated to broadband IMT.

The IMT2100 band currently consists of 2×60 MHz of spectrum in 1920-1980 MHz paired with
                   2110-2170 MHz. The Authority proposes to extend this band by 2x30 MHz at the top end of the
                   current IMT2100 band. This band is currently foreseen as IMT-satellite. The consolidated IMT2100
                   band would therefore be 1920-2010 MHz paired with 2110-2200 MHz (see figure below).

This extension of the IMT2100 band would push the paired portion of IMT2100 right against the
                   unpaired portion of the band that extends from 2010 MHz to 2025 MHz. A guard band of 5 MHz is
                   typically required between adjacent paired and unpaired IMT bands. Therefore, the first 5 MHz of
                   the 10 MHz assigned to MTN from 2010 MHz to 2015 MHz could be used as a guard band. The
                   band 2015-2025 MHz could remain usable for IMT TDD, but might be reassigned to 10 MHz for
                   one user. MTN and Vodacom  might be willing to change unused TDD spectrum for new FDD
                   spectrum. These new TDD bands from 1885-1915 MHz plus guard bands and 2015-2025 MHz might
                   be assigned to a TDD wholesale operator/consortium.

Proposal of Extension of paired IMT2100
                                                            Snapshots of band configurations

1920 MHz                                                    2170
                    Status Quo         60          30    15          85                60          30
                                              1980                              2110

2*30 MHz in paired IMT 2100 are converted from Satellite to Terrestrial

2110
                     Proposed
                                           90            15          85                    90
                                                     2010                                           2200

Unpaired (TDD)               Paired (FDD) Terrestrial  Paired (FDD) - Satellite

Figure 18: Proposal of Extension of paired IMT2100

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