Archive for June, 2009


5850-6100 for ptp lite licensing

June 21st, 2009 by admin

It’s been a week of investigating the best option to demonstrate a model of industry self-regulation through a lite-licensing approach.
So far 5850-6100 Mhz (250Mhz) looks like the best option:

Most 802.11a radios and antenna equipment can use the 4.92-6.1Ghz range.
Both the 5850-5925 and 5925-6700 (C-band) ranges seem to be allocated to point-to-point link usage by ICASA [...]

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Slides from the first meeting

June 12th, 2009 by admin

 
Slides from Steve Song
Open Spectrum Alliance – South Africa
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Slides from Dominic Cull
OSA regulatory realities
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Feedback from the first OSA meeting

June 11th, 2009 by admin

Yesterday was the founding meeting of the Open Spectrum Alliance at Asara wine estate, just outside Stellenbosch. There was a good turnout (about 45+ people) and plenty of healthy discussion and debate.
A few notes for the press:
Preface
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As broadband around the world is changing from a luxury to a key social and economic enabler, the need [...]

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Two Interesting Links

June 10th, 2009 by admin

* Panel Discussion : Spectrum 2.0 – What’s really happening?
* Open Spectrum – Physics, Engineering, Commerce and Politics

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