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Karen Wrege on Spectrum Auctions
Spectrum auctions expert, Karen Wrege, was in South Africa last week to speak on behalf of the Open Spectrum Alliance at the ICASA hearings on the planned auction of 2.6GHz and 3.5MHz spectrum. You can download the text of her … Continue reading
5850-6100 for ptp lite licensing
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 … Continue reading
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Slides from the first meeting
Slides from Steve Song Open Spectrum Alliance – South Africa Viewmore Microsoft Word documents from Steve Song. Slides from Dominic Cull OSA regulatory realities View more OpenOffice presentations from joebotha.
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Feedback from the first OSA meeting
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 ======= … Continue reading
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Two Interesting Links
* Panel Discussion : Spectrum 2.0 – What’s really happening? * Open Spectrum – Physics, Engineering, Commerce and Politics
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Founding Meeting
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 … Continue reading
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