The policy is full of good intentions but lacks a practical plan for implementation, an industry expert has warned.
announced plans to set radio frequency spectrum aside for “community use”. The spectrum will be used to deploy “free basic data” to poor, outlying and rural communities using Wi-Fi hotspots., published this week, the free data allocation will be determined on a per-household basis.
Government wants wireless local-area networks deployed to achieve the objectives of the policy document. The policy proposal is similar not only to Ntshavheni’s plan, but a raft of initiatives launched by ministers before her, all of which have failed, according to Colmer. “The question is, who is going to pay for it?”The new policy document called for a handbook to be developed to guide private internet service providers in building community networks.
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