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RESTRUCTURING: WILL SOUTH AFRICAS NEW ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT BILL AFFECT AMATEUR RADIO
The South African Department of Communications is planning
to create another body parallel to its Independent
Communications Authority of South Africa or ICASA. This, to
take over the singular duty of spectrum management.
This move comes as one of the many changes proposed in the
Electronic Communications Amendment Bill of 2012. That is a
measure that among other things calls for the establishment
of a new Spectrum Management Agency within the portfolio of
the Minister of Communications with the overall
responsibility for the country's electromagnetic spectrum.
Along with the proposed law comes an explanatory document.
It states that the Minister of Communications will act as
the custodian of the spectrum on behalf of the people of
South Africa as well as representing that nation before the
International Telecommunications Union. This includes the
allocation of the radio frequency spectrum to various radio
communication services including amateur radio. The
minister will also be responsible for all international
spectrum matters pertaining to South Africa, including
Regional and sub-Regional spectrum planning, all cases
concerning international harmful interference and
international frequency coordination.
The South Africa Radio League Council says that it is
currently studying the draft bill to see what impact it
might have on that nations amateur radio service. South
African radio amateurs are invited to send comments to the
South Africa Radio League by August 15th. Please address
them to secretary (at) sarl (dot) org (dot) za.
(SARL)
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