I-Spectrum Auction
I-FCC ibambe lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "i-spectrum auction" kusukela ngoMashi 29, 2016.
Abanikazi beziteshi zendawo ze-TV banethuba lokubeka isikhala sabo se-airwave endalini. Uma kuthengiswa isivumelwano, isiteshi se-TV singasakaza umoya unomphela, sichithe isignali sayo noma mhlawumbe sabelane ngesiteshi nesinye isiteshi. Ngokubuyisela, abanikazi besiteshi bangase bagxile izigidi zamaRandi.
Umqondo ukukhulula isikhala sokusetshenziswa kwe- smartphone okuthuthukisiwe, kufaka phakathi ubuchwepheshe obuzayo be-5G. I-airwave isikhala kulawo madivayisi kufanele avele endaweni ethile, ngakho uhulumeni wanquma ukuthi lena yindlela engcono kakhulu yokwenza ushintsho. Kucatshangwa ukuthi le ntengo izoletha imali engamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-60 noma ngaphezulu kuMgcinimafa we-US.
Kuyoba inqubo eyinkimbinkimbi. Kuyoba khona indandatho yokunquma ukubaluleka kwesitatimende sesiteshi se-TV, bese kuthi enye indali ithengise leyo ngxenye yenkampani yocingo engenazintambo noma omunye umuntu onentshisekelo yokuba nayo. Khona-ke, iziteshi ze-TV ezisele zizobekwa kabusha izinombolo zabo zesiteshi ukuze "zithathelwe" isikhala esincane futhi esisebenzayo, esizokhulula isikhala esingasetshenziswanga kumakhalekhukhwini.
Iziphi Iziteshi Ezizibeka Ezenzweni?
Ababukeli bazofuna ukwazi ukuthi yiziphi iziteshi ezihambisanayo edolobheni lakubo ezizibeka emakethe. Lelo lwazi okwamanje liyimfihlo, ukuze ungagcini izincintiswano zesiteshi.
Isiteshi se-TV asidingeki ukuba sihlanganyele. Kodwa ngesiteshi esincane, esibheke kancane esingase sibhekane nobunzima bokukhokha izikweletu, kungase kube lula kumnikazi wesiteshini ukuthi angenele kule ndayese bese ehamba, kunokuzama ukuthengisa isiteshi komunye umuntu.
Isiteshi akudingeki sihambe emoyeni ngokuphelele. Kungabanikeza ukwabelana ngesiteshi ngesinye isiteshi noma ukuthuthela endaweni yesiteshi engathandeki kangako, usuka ku-UHF kuya ku-VHF noma kwenye indlela.
I-Auction izothinta kanjani ukubuka kwe-TV?
Ngeke kube yilapho emva kokudayiswa sekudlule ukuthi sizokwazi ukuthi lokhu kuzothinta kanjani ukubuka kwe-TV ezweni lonke. Iziteshi zinezinyanga ezingu-39 ukuhamba emoyeni noma zenze ezinye izinguquko, ngakho kuzothatha isikhathi ukwazi imiphumela egcwele.
Nasi isimo salokho okungenzeka kwenzeke edolobheni: Isiteshi esithintekayo se-CW yokusakaza inethiwekhi siyahamba emoyeni. Ngaphambi kokuba noma ubani abe nelungelo lokwesaba ngokulahlekelwa izinhlelo ze-CW, isiteshi esisodwa senombolo edolobheni sithatha i-CW ukuze sibeke kwenye yeziteshi zayo. Uma nje izinkampani kanye nezinkampani ze-satellite zithatha, abantu ekhaya bangase bangazi umehluko.
Kungenzeka ukuthi umphumela omkhulu wababukeli ezimakethe eziningi umane uqale kabusha ama-TV awo, ukuze uma iziteshi zihambile, amasethi wabo we-TV angabathola. Lokhu kuyinkimbinkimbi encane njengoba izakhamuzi zesikhangiso se-TV ezigidini zamaRandi kanye nesikhala sombukwane kunikezwa kwisizukulwane esilandelayo sama-smartphone.
Ababukeli bangase bavele behlukumeze lokho okubukeka sengathi kuyinto encane yokuxhuma.
Kodwa empeleni, kuwubufakazi bokuthi ukusakazwa kwethelevishini kudingeke ukuba uhambe eceleni ukuze uthuthukise ubuchwepheshe befoni. Lokho ngempela kuyisimo sokuvuka kulabo abasembonini yezokuxhumana becabanga ukuthi i-TV ngeke ikwazi ukudlala i-fiddle yesibili kunoma iyiphi enye idivayisi.