The UK Spectrum Policy Forum commissioned a study from Plum Consulting to assess spectrum sharing in general and the Licensed Shared Access (LSA) mechanism, and make proposals for the most acceptable specification for LSA for the UK. Based on the outcome of Plum’s research and stakeholder interviews, the paper considers and makes the following recommendations[…]
This study for the GSMA demonstrates the gathering global momentum around adoption of 1.4/1.5 GHz band for IMT services in the run up to WRC-15. The 1.4/1.5 GHz band is of value to IMT services because it provides much needed capacity to support traffic growth and has propagation characteristics that support better rural and in-building[…]
Tony Lavender spoke at the UK Spectrum Policy Forum Cluster 2 on Public-Private sharing. Tony’s presentation introduced the basics of spectrum sharing from a technical, economic and regulatory perspective and highlighted the key issues that arise in public-private spectrum sharing. This presentation builds on the study Plum is currently doing for the UK Spectrum Forum[…]
Tony Lavender presented Plum’s study on the use of C-Band for mobile broadband at the 10th Forum Europe annual spectrum conference in Brussels on 16th June. The study looked at the use of the 3400-4200 MHz band in four countries (Hungary, Italy, Sweden and the UK) and concluded that sharing between mobile broadband and the[…]
This study commissioned by Ericsson, Huawei and Qualcomm provides an independent assessment of the economic benefits that would arise through use of C-Band spectrum (3400/3600-4200 MHz) for mobile broadband services in Hungary, Italy, Sweden and the UK. Mobile broadband traffic is forecast to grow rapidly over the next 10-15 years. It is possible that there[…]
On 29th May 2015 Ofcom published its statement on “Variation of the Spectrum Access licence for 1452-1492 MHz…” This decision changes the use of the 1452-1492 MHz band in the UK from DAB to Supplemental Down Link (SDL). SDL is a means of boosting mobile broadband downlink capacity using a unidirectional carrier aggregated with a[…]
Tony Lavender chaired the afternoon session of a European Commission workshop on spectrum sharing held on 20th March in Brussels. The workshop was organised by DG Connect, and examined the design and use cases for geolocation databases for both LSA and white space applications. Tony’s input was based on Plum’s recently published Insight on spectrum[…]
Tony Lavender moderated a panel session on the Ministerial Programme at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 2nd March. The panel was part of the mobile spectrum thematic workshop and it comprised representatives of the FCC, Qualcomm, Vodafone, National Association of Broadcasters and Facebook. The panel focused on the use of spectrum below 700 MHz[…]
Tony Lavender moderated a panel discussion on 3.5 GHz TDD LTE at the Huawei MBB ConneXion @MWC2015 event held in Barcelona. The round table comprised representatives from Huawei, Qualcomm, the GSMA, Softbank, DirecTV and Linkem. Discussion considered the business case for 3.5 GHz TDD LTE for FWA and mobility, ecosystem availability and the fit of[…]
At the Forum Global sub-Saharan Africa Spectrum Conference in Johannesburg Tony Lavender spoke on spectrum challenges facing the sub-Saharan region. These included spectrum requirements for IMT and candidate bands for consideration at WRC15, mobile capacity and the spectrum crunch, the need to support digital terrestrial television, spectrum sharing and factors to be considered when making[…]