Supreme Court Act, 1959
R 385
Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)ICASAFramework to Qualify to Operate a Secondary Geo-Location Spectrum Database, 20205. Qualification Period |
| (1) | Upon a successful completion of the self-declaration phase by the Applicant; the Authority will grant the respective Applicants a maximum period of ninety (90) calendar days to complete the subsequent phases of the qualification assessment. During this period, the Authority will provide clarification on aspects of the qualification to the Applicants. |
| (2) | The Applicant is expected to complete the qualification process within the above stipulated timeframe, failing to do so will result in getting disqualified. It is within the Authority’s discretion to evaluate requests to provide a qualification time extension on a case by case basis. Such time extension can only be granted once for each Applicant and shall not exceed forty-five (45) calendar days. |
| (3) | Figures 1 and 2, describe the qualification schedule and details involved in different phases of the qualification assessment of S-GLSD service providers. |
| (4) | All phases of the qualification involve a continuous interaction between the Authority and the candidate S-GLSD service provider. The Applicant will be supplied with relevant requests for information by the Authority, to which it will provide feedback or results after processing, thereafter. The Authority will review the results provided by the Applicant and decide whether the Applicant qualifies to move to the next phase. Each phase involves a decision which will either qualify or disqualify the respective provider. |
| (5) | At the end of this qualification period, the Authority will furnish the Applicant that have successfully qualified to move on to the next phase of the assessment with the real TV band incumbents and Type Approval datasets required for live operation. |
