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Put the Woan’s spectrum in orbit, says Vodacom

eriinfo.com1 week ago06 mins

Vodacom wants Icasa to make the spectrum once reserved for the defunct wholesale open-access network (Woan) available to mobile operators for satellite-to-phone services, priced below what it would fetch for conventional mobile use. Vodacom Group CTO Dejan Kastelic told TechCentral in an interview this week that the frequencies could help operators reach “100% coverage” in…

Prime spectrum lies idle as the Woan’s ghost lingers

eriinfo.com4 months ago07 mins

Spectrum that communications regulator Icasa set aside for a wholesale open-access network remains unassigned more than four years after cabinet moved to scrap the scheme – and the regulator has now said it will not discuss the Woan in its long-term spectrum planning at all. Icasa’s position is set out in the International Mobile Telecommunications…