The South African communications regulator, Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has been named as the co-host
for the 2017 Global Summit of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, just as the body
admits 11 new members, reports ITRealms.
The board chairman, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance and Director
of Affordable Access at Microsoft, Mr. Paul Garnett, affirming this in a press
statement made available to ITRealms.
The new 11 organisations, ITRealms gathered are from Africa,
Asia, North America and Europe joined the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance as the
fifth annual Global Summit was announced to take place in Cape Town from 9-11
May 2017.
He said that this follow-up from 2016’s successful summit in
Bogota, Colombia, the conference on wireless spectrum sharing is now heading to
South Africa. The announcement comes as the Alliance welcomes 11 new members
from all over the world.
The 2017, he said, the summit will build on the success from
2016 and be supported by 11 new members, spanning four major continents -
Africa, Asia, Europe and North America - and including public benefit
companies, multinationals, research institutions, and Small & Medium
Enterprises (SMEs). The new members include; Telecast Technology Corp., China;
Wi-Fi Interactive Network, the Philippines; Nominet, United Kingdom; M-KOPA,
Kenya; Ekovolt, Nigeria; C3 Limited, Malawi; Project Isizwe, South Africa;
AirJaldi Networks, India; and Marvell Semiconductors, Axiom Technologies and
the IEEE, all from the United States of America.
According to Garnett, the co-host, ICASA, will play a
significant role at the Global Summit as ICASA recently published a Discussion
Paper on the Framework for Dynamic and Opportunistic Spectrum Management for
consultation.
This paper, industry observers said, discusses a proposal to
authorize license-exempt access to unused TV channels, also known as television
white spaces (TVWS).
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