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| - | ====== Country Name ====== | ||
| - | This document is intended as a guide and a template for the country profiles. | ||
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| - | The page is organised according to the categories that are expected within each country profile. | ||
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| - | The wiki is also designed to capture some of the information as fields in a database that will allow for some comparative analysis across countries. These fields are entered below the wiki in the form fields and are displayed in the wiki page as a variable. Items highlighted like <btn size=" | ||
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| - | ^ ^ Name ^ Acronym | ||
| - | | **Regulator** | ||
| - | | **Ministry** | ||
| - | | **Universal Service** | ||
| - | | **Spectrum Agency** | ||
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| - | ===== National Policy ===== | ||
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| - | In each country there are different set of policies that frame and give direction to the telecommunications sector, within which most small operators, and community networks operate. In those policies there might be provision that favor or disable the activities of this operators. | ||
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| - | In some countries these provisions might be included all the way in the country constitution, | ||
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| - | In most countries, the telecoms sector is framed around a Communications, | ||
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| - | Finally, most governments establish the performance targets they want to achieve in the sector in National Plans. Most countries have a Broadband plan, which is worth reviewing to understand the role governments expect from this small operators. Additionally, | ||
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| - | In this section, you should provide links to key policies, acts, or even elements of the constitution that may have relevance for community networks and small-scale operators attempting to address the unserved. | ||
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| - | This may include national ICT strategies/ | ||
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| - | * Is there any mention to rights of indigenous population with regards to sovereignty over their land and/or the use of other natural resources (i.e. spectrum)? | ||
| - | * Which mechanisms has your Administration implemented for the provision of telecommunication services/ | ||
| - | * Has your country shown progress or taken any action in the instrumentation | ||
| - | * Does your Country have plans to implement any of these measures? If yes, please describe the case and indicate sources for further information. (ITU-D 19) | ||
| - | * Has your Country considered or implemented regulatory measures to allow small, non-profit or community operators access to spectrum resources and backbone networks? If yes, please describe the case and indicate sources for further information. (ITU-D 19) | ||
| - | * Has your Country published any studies or statistical information about small and non-profit community operators in rural and remote areas? (ITU-D 19) | ||
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| - | ===== Operator Licensing ===== | ||
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| - | Laws and regulations vary from country to country in terms of what sort of license is or is not required to operate a communication network. This can range from no license requirement at all to a range of different kinds of licenses. | ||
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| - | This trend is known as a unified licensing regime and while the ultimate end of unified licensing might be a single type of license, the most common formulation of unified licensing is to have one license for infrastructure (the physical assets e.g. cables, base stations, routers, earth stations, etc. that make up the network) and a license for services (bandwidth services, packet switching, VoIP, steaming media, etc delivered over the network). | ||
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| - | New technology has blurred the boundaries for some of these licenses. Inexpensive WiFi equipment is technically " | ||
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| - | Another key criterion for licensing relates to whether the operator is providing commercial services to a third-party. | ||
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| - | License may also be broken down according to the turnover generated by the organisation. | ||
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| - | Another type of organisation is one that owns communication infrastructure but which does not operate the infrastructure. | ||
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| - | The above licenses may all be national in scope or they may have both a national and a sub-regional version. | ||
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| - | Finally, there may be license exemptions that are available for any of the above categories based on specific criteria such as operating as a not-for-profit or providing services to underserved regions. | ||
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| - | ==== Technical and Administrative Requirements ==== | ||
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| - | The technical and administrative requirements for licenses vary from country to country but typically requirements may include some combination of: | ||
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| - | * proof of incorporation in the country | ||
| - | * proof of duly registered office and permanent address | ||
| - | * details of shareholders and directors | ||
| - | * proof of local ownership/ | ||
| - | * proof of tax compliance | ||
| - | * network design | ||
| - | * business model | ||
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| - | Different licenses may have different types of requirements. | ||
| - | ==== Licensing Fees ==== | ||
| - | A table is often useful to break down the fees associated with different kinds of licenses. | ||
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| - | * Has your Administration considered specific licensing mechanisms that facilitate the deployment of broadband services in rural and remote areas? (ITU-D 19) | ||
| - | * Does your Country have licenses to attend specifically underserved areas, such as rural operator license, social license, small operator license, community operator license, etc.? (ITU-D 19) | ||
| - | * Is there a specific license for the provision of services in remote or underserved areas in your Country? (ITU-D 19) | ||
| - | * What kinds of operator licenses are there? | ||
| - | * Are there licenses for small operators? | ||
| - | * Do ISPs have specfic licenses? | ||
| - | * What kinds of organisations qualify for license exemption? | ||
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| - | ===== Access to Spectrum ===== | ||
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| - | ==== Technical and Administrative Requirements ==== | ||
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| - | Point to the spectrum allocation framework. | ||
| - | // Agree first thing here is the National Frequency Plan, some generalities about the nature of spectrum (shorter wave lengths travel shorter distances, wider band more data can be transmitted) and maybe a guide on how to read it... cause the columns for each sub-band normally lead to the info that is required below. | ||
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| - | // then an intro about the regulated nature of the use of spectrum, and the different ways it may take: licence exempt vs licensed, but also the different ways that licencing may happen both in the process (auction, vs application/ | ||
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| - | In all the sections below, it would be interesting to look for special dispositions in terms of spectrum planning or spectrum assignment for community networks, small operators, or those operating in rural and remote areas. | ||
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| - | I think the sections below should cover E.I.R.P., band sizes, and other technical requests (DFS?, geolocation database), from an spectrum assignment point of view. I guess there is something similar to Licensing... Technical vs Administrative characteristics of using spectrum. | ||
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| - | === Licensed === | ||
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| - | // I would call this category licensed, and i would talk about it in terms of backhaul (11GHz, 7 GHz, not all of them, just the most common ones) and access (all the IMT), I know the IMT can be used for backhaul as well... but they are mainly an access technology, measured in terms of existence and volume of end-user devices. We can make a note about it. Each of the band, may be licensed differently, | ||
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| - | * URL for spectrum assignments for mobile operators | ||
| - | * List major operators and their spectrum assignments | ||
| - | * Point to coverage maps | ||
| - | == Access Networks == | ||
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| - | ^ **Operator** | ||
| - | | XYZcom | ||
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| - | == PtP Networks == | ||
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| - | === License-Exempt === | ||
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| - | == Access Networks == | ||
| - | ^ **Frequency** | ||
| - | | // | ||
| - | | 2400 – 2483.5 MHz | '' | ||
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| - | | 5150-5250 MHz | '' | ||
| - | | 5250-5350 MHz | '' | ||
| - | | 5470-5725 MHz | '' | ||
| - | | 5725-5800 MHz | '' | ||
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| - | == PtP Networks == | ||
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| - | ^ **Frequency** | ||
| - | | // | ||
| - | | 2400 – 2483.5 MHz | '' | ||
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| - | | 5150-5250 MHz | '' | ||
| - | | 5250-5350 MHz | '' | ||
| - | | 5470-5725 MHz | '' | ||
| - | | 5725-5800 MHz | '' | ||
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| - | * Point to rules for license-exempt spectrum use? | ||
| - | * Is registration required for WiFi? | ||
| - | * What is the process for homologation / type approval? | ||
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| - | // Agree with 1 and 3, as they apply to all license-exempt bands, not only WiFi, anything on WiFi, would have to go under WiFi. // | ||
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| - | // Then I would add a subcategory for WiFi /ISM Bands and potentially two tables one for access and one for backhaul, so they don't get too crowded. Some bands within wiFi may only be " | ||
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| - | // In the table I would allow for EIRP, but also for TxPower, and also for some explanations... like increase your Gain by X everytime you reduce your TxPower by Y // | ||
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| - | I wonder what do we do with 900 MHz, for instance. | ||
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| - | // Maybe add a subcategory for potential articles or discussions on the expansion of this band? // | ||
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| - | // Maybe add a subcategory on examples in this band (Cns, small operators, and the like) // | ||
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| - | // If we refer to bands, I would call this section mmBand? and would only focus on the license-exempt component of them (in the case of SA there are some, maybe we can use the ones in the Spectrum paper that we have identified to be exempted elsewhere (24.05 – 24.25 GHz, 57 -64 GHz, 64 - 71 GHz, 71 – 76 GHz, 81-86 GHz), I would move 11GHz to licensed... | ||
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| - | Frequencies for microwave links outside of 2.4GHz and 5GHz | ||
| - | 11GHz 24GHz 60GHz and other | ||
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| - | === Secondary Use === | ||
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| - | == Access Networks == | ||
| - | == PtP Networks == | ||
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| - | * Information on TVWS or other dynamic spectrum pilots. | ||
| - | * Pending rules for TVWS | ||
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| - | ==== Spectrum Fees / Costs ==== | ||
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| - | === Application === | ||
| - | === Annual === | ||
| - | === Auction === | ||
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| - | // similar to the above I will add subcategory of news items points to a potential change as well as potential examples using this band. // | ||
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| - | // As with the licensing, I would add here another subgatery about compliance and other costs... | ||
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| - | For instance, it is here were I would use the USOs. The more I think about it, the more I think that license | ||
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| - | But also the taxes on the benefits of using the spectrum, which was a big thing in the last court case won by Rhizomatica, | ||
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| - | Both here and in the Fees above, we can explore whether a given Administration offer incentives that include lower rates of payment for the use of spectrum when it is to be used in isolated and underserved areas? | ||
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| - | ===== Backhaul ===== | ||
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| - | // This is a 4th category for me: 1. National Policy, 2. Licensing Framework, 3. Wireless Spectrum Regulation, 4. This. I believe there might be a 5th one about interconnection and the like? and another one about funding opportunities/ | ||
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| - | * links to backhaul service providers | ||
| - | * Open Access policies | ||
| - | * infrastructure sharing policy and regulation | ||
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| - | * [[https:// | ||
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| - | ===== Gender ===== | ||
| - | * links to national gender and ICT policies and initiatives | ||
| - | * gender at the regulator | ||
| - | * number of men in senior management at regulator | ||
| - | * number of women in senior management at regulator '' | ||
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| - | ===== Universal Service ===== | ||
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| - | * Point to universal service policies and obligations. | ||
| - | * Have Universal Services funds been used to support community networks? | ||
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| - | Does your Country offer support for local entrepreneurs that are implementing sustainable business models for the development of rural communications, | ||
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| - | // As said, not sure about this... I would add them in different parts of the document... // | ||
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| - | * Obligations where they belong, (in the case of SA they are part of the spectrum licensing framework, I would add them to " | ||
| - | * contributions to the fund where they belong, (In the case of SA they are part of the licensing framework, I would add them in "other administrative costs" | ||
| - | * opportunities to apply for them, where they belong. (as mentioned, it would be interesting to list some sort of potential sources of funding) | ||
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| - | If you want to keep this section, maybe just an introduction on the top about their nature, and the agency, agencies that manage each of the different aspects about, and then refer to the potential sections where they might be included. | ||
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| - | ===== Cooperatives ===== | ||
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| - | * Does cooperative legislation exist? | ||
| - | * Are there tax relief / incentives available for cooperatives? | ||
| - | * Are there any limitations on cooperatives providing telecom/ | ||
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| - | ===== Resources / References ===== | ||
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| - | * Other relevant web resources, reports, analysis. | ||
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| - | == Coding examples == | ||
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