Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 8, 2019 16:10:32 GMT 12
SPECTRUM, NOT MONEY CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPMENT
A Māori broadcasting claimant says it’s essential Māori get a share of 5G spectrum, or their development in the information and communications sector will be held back another 20 years.
"We’ve got to think of spectrum like fish, like whenua, and once we have control of that resource we can build what we need to manage it and work with others. Getting that resource allows us then to build the infrastructure, the people, the knowledge to utilise it in partnership with others," Mr Everton says.
He says a cash deal, such as the $30 million technology fund set up by the previous National Government when it refused to allocate 4G spectrum to Māori, isn’t good enough because it doesn’t give the industry any incentive to partner with Māori.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjEyNTU/Spectrum,-not-money-critical-for-development
A Māori broadcasting claimant says it’s essential Māori get a share of 5G spectrum, or their development in the information and communications sector will be held back another 20 years.
"We’ve got to think of spectrum like fish, like whenua, and once we have control of that resource we can build what we need to manage it and work with others. Getting that resource allows us then to build the infrastructure, the people, the knowledge to utilise it in partnership with others," Mr Everton says.
He says a cash deal, such as the $30 million technology fund set up by the previous National Government when it refused to allocate 4G spectrum to Māori, isn’t good enough because it doesn’t give the industry any incentive to partner with Māori.....
www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjEyNTU/Spectrum,-not-money-critical-for-development