The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has proposed a framework for the licensing of mobile broadband spectrum in the 2.6GHz and 800MHz spectrum bands, under which it plans to receive proposals from applicants in March 2012, and aims to avoid a traditional auction process. Instead, the regulator will launch a comparative process, or ‘beauty contest’ procedure taking into account factors including: business plan, technical plan, market innovation and network rollout. A monetary sealed bid stage will be a ‘last resort’ if more than one applicant is successful for each licence package under consideration, the watchdog added at a briefing for interested parties held on 13 December
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