During the beginning of the week, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published on its website an invitation to all the interested parties to apply for international mobile telecommunications spectrum including licenses in the complimentary band IMT700, IMT800 and IMT2600. The principal objective of the auction is to ensure the provision of mobile broadband wireless access services in the South African territory by 2020 following the National Developing Plan (DNP) and the SA connect policy.