GSMA highlights digital dividend at the Sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference

The GSMA was a supporting organisation at the 2015 Sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference held in Johannesburg on 18th-19th February. Mortimer Hope, Director Spectrum and Public Policy, Africa, spoke on the panel session entitled “Designing the Digital Dividend”. He highlighted the importance of licensing digital dividend spectrum to mobile services in both the 700MHz and 800MHz bands to drive long-term socio-economic benefits across the region. The conference also addressed WRC-15, giving the GSMA an opportunity to highlight the need to support its candidate bands to meet rising mobile demand.