The first OSA meeting will be on the 10th of June 2009, just outside Stellenbosch.
This OSA workshop will include guest speaker Steve Song, from the Shuttleworth Foundation, an overview of the current status of RF spectrum regulation in SA by WAPA Regulatory Advisor Dominic Cull, and an overview of Spectrum challenges in South Africa by Ronnie Seeber from Motorola.
Please get in touch with WAPA if your organisation would be interested in supporting the OSA initiative.
FYI: there is an EU wide initiative which was launched in May. You might want to cross connect in order to share knowledge. Please be aware that there is a name clash. Might make sense to practice sensing and chaning of channels (ahm, names) already
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Hi Aaron
Open Spectrum Alliance in (South) Africa would be happy to cooperate with OSA in Europe.
We added a blogroll link to OSA EU.
Hi Aaron.
Don’t think of it as a name clash. Think of it as opportunistic re-use.
While a multi-country approach might work in the EU, most countries will need to have national initiative because that is where policies are made. I think there is room for an Open Spectrum Alliance in every country in Africa.
We’ll get in touch through your website to open up a discussion.
Cheers… Steve Song