U.K.’s Ofcom should make spectrum available for wireless broadban...
U.K.’s Ofcom should make spectrum available for wireless broadband at 2500-2690 MHz, 2010-2025 MHz and 2290-2300 MHz, the Wireless Communications Assn. urged. WCA was answering questions Ofcom asked about the spectrum. “The unavailability of spectrum below 3 GHz for…
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advanced wireless applications remains a matter of concern within the wireless industry,” WCA said, calling Ofcom’s move to open the 2500- 2690 MHz, 2010-2025 MHz and 2290-2300 MHz bands “timely,” in light of rising use of 2 GHz spectrum worldwide, especially in N. and S. America, for wireless broadband services, plus growing European interest in the 2.5 GHz band, with Norway planning to auction the 2.5 GHz band in Oct., and attention paid the 2.5 GHz band at WRC-07 and other conferences. Globalizing the 2.5 GHz band “requires that the band be made available for that purpose in as many countries as possible, as quickly as possible,” WCA said. Ofcom should sell 2.5 GHz spectrum at auction and on a licensed basis, since “efficient, market-driven use of spectrum (and the consumer benefits derived therefrom) is best promoted by an inclusive licensing process that assigns spectrum via competitive bidding,” WCA said.