Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsRadio Frequency Spectrum Licence Fee Amendment Regulations, 20151. Definitions |
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has the meaning so assigned, unless otherwise defined in these regulations:
"the Act"
means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005);
"ASTER"
means the Area Sterilized Factor;
"Area Sterilized Factor"
means a factor that is applied to reflect an area that is denied to other users of a frequency assignment;
"BW"
means Bandwidth;
"Bandwidth Factor"
means MHz paired;
"CG"
means the Congestion Factor;
"Congestion Factor"
means the factor that is applied to reflect where a frequency spectrum is congested and demand exceeds supply;
"CPI"
means consumer price index;
[Definition inserted by regulation 2.1 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]
"FREQ"
means the Frequency Factor;
"Frequency Factor"
means the factor that is applied to reflect the frequency band or the spectrum location in which the frequency assignment is positioned;
"GEO"
means the Geographic Factor;
"Geographic Factor"
means the factor that is applied to reflect the geographic area of South Africa covered by a frequency spectrum assignment;
"GHz"
means a radio frequency value designated in gigahertz;
[Definition substituted by regulation 2.2 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]
"HOPMINI"
means the Minimum Hop Factor;
"ICASA Act"
means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000);
"Minimum Hop Factor"
means the factor that is applied to a point to point frequency spectrum assignment when the hop length is shorter than the minimum hop length identified for the frequency;
"kHz"
means a radio frequency value designated in kilohertz;
[Definition substituted by regulation 2.3 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]
"MHz"
means a radio frequency value designated in megahertz;
[Definition substituted by regulation 2.4 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]
"Minimum Fee"
means the minimum fee paid for a radio frequency spectrum licence;
"SEC"
means Security Factor;
[Definition inserted by regulation 2.5 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]
"Security Factor"
means the factor that is applied to reflect the assignments made to the security services as defined in the Electronic Communications Act of 2005;
[Definition inserted by regulation 2.6 of Notice 280 of 2015, GG 38642, dated 30 March 2015]
"SHR"
means the Sharing Factor;
"Sharing Factor"
means the factor that is applied when the frequency spectrum that is the subject of an assignment can be shared;
"UNIBI"
means the Uni-directional factor;
"Uni-directional Factor"
means the factor that is applied when a single link only is assigned;
"UNIT"
means the Unit Price per Megahertz paired;
"Unit Price"
means the price that is applied when the radio frequency spectrum licence fee is calculated by means of a formula;
"VSAT"
means Very Small Aperture Terminal.