• • • • environment in which all players can compete in this relatively small market ensure more optimal co-existence of licensed and unlicensed spectrum that will optimise spectrum for diverse needs in the country and prioritise affordable access to communications assign the licensed spectrum required for the evolution of existing services at a competitively determined (efficient use) price to ensure the build-out of capital-intensive networks benefitting from economies of scale and devices (with spectrum trading to correct value/use errors) make available the secondary use of spectrum, such as deployment of dynamic spectrum assignment in rural areas, which can be delivered at one tenth the prices of GSM technologies make available the nationally allocated spectrum not in use in remote areas through low-cost or licence-exempt spectrum for communities, nonprofit providers or micro-networks to enable free low-speed Internet (less than 64Mbps) on networks (possibly as part of the play instead of pay universal service obligation) • stimulate local content development through the deployment of RCDF funds or other consolidated budget appropriations to support the development of apps and local content, particularly in local languages;. making government data open to the public in a format that is manipulable could spur on its use in the development of apps for commercial and public service purposes • amplify efforts to redress human development lags, focusing on the skills required for participation in digital economy and aligning those skills with national development demands • ensure that all available talent is harnessed, and interests represented, by setting up a multi-stakeholder advisory council made up of public, private sector and civil society experts to advise government. Conclusions and recommendations 14