ICASA Annual Report: Frequency Issues and Type Approval

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The following information is based on ICASA’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 2011.

Radio Frequency Licensing statistics

A total of 46,109 frequency licenses were in use for different services on March 31, 2011.

	Number of licences as at 1 April 2010	New Licenses	Cancellations	Number of licences as at 31 March 2011
Aeronautical	7665	1586	2050	7201
Amateur	6864	418	2032	5250
Fixed	157	418	43	170
Land Mobile including Ski Boats	44545	1480	21431	24594
Maritime	5531	581	2214	3898
Radio Dealer	7907	676	3851	4732
Satellite	329	13	78	264
FIFA World Cup related	0	222	222	–
TOTAL	72998	5032	31921	46109

Equipment Type Approval

Category	Number of licences as at 1 April 2010	New Licences/certificates	Licences renewed	Number of licences/certificates as at 31 March 2011
Radio Frequency Equipment	8063	2069	N/A	10132
Telecommunications Line Terminating Equipment	1759	171	175	346
Switching Systems	961	76	271	347
Line Maintenance Organisations	625	15	178	193
Supplier	287	20	3	23
TOTAL	11695	2351	627	11041

Frequencies monitored

To ensure smooth communication during the 2010 World Cup, ICASA monitored the usage of over 3,133 radio frequencies.

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