CSIR Call for Expression of Interest: Operation of the Television White Space Broadband Network

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is accepting EXPRESSION OF INTEREST applications for an ICT Focused SMME Owned by Youth- Women and Persons with Disability will be an added advantage- to Participate in Operation of the Television White Space (TVWS) Broadband Network for Kagiso Trust Education Project in the Sekhukhune Education East Education District, Limpopo Province.

Television White Spaces (TVWS) is a term used to describe the interleaved or contiguous unused portions of spectrum found between the frequency bands allocated for broadcast Television. TVWS spectrum has superior propagation characteristics such as the ability to penetrate natural and man-made obstacles and can provide signal coverage over very large geographical area.

TVWS is ideal for delivering affordable broadband connectivity to underserved or unserved hard-to-reach rural communities, providing wireless Internet connectivity across campuses, Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. TVWS is being considered as enabler in the future global wireless standards such as the fifth generation (5G) ecosystem.

Fill in the attached application form and submit all required information here.