Nadi, Fiji, 4-6 July 2011 Digital dividend from broadcasting and mobile perspectives Cristian Gomez Head, Validation Group, Space Services Division, ITU-R ITU-T Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap and Interactive Training Session (Nadi, Fiji, 4 – 6 July 2011 )

Nadi, Fiji, 4-6 July Digital dividend from broadcasting and mobile perspectives This session will provide an overview of the current harmonization efforts towards analogue television switch-off in the different ITU regions and also a discussion of the harmonization landscape for mobile broadband in the digital dividend spectrum.

Overview Digital Dividend ≠ Digital Divide!

Overview Digital Dividend: digital terrestrial TV Use spectrum more efficiently: more TV in less spectrum More spectrum for mobile broadband: 4G Innovative radio technologies: white space

Europe + Africa: GE06 agreement for digital broadcasting 2001 – ITU Council decided to plan for digital broadcasting in the European Broadcasting Area (ST61) 2002 – decided to include countries in Africa and Middle East 2002 – RCC countries included by Plenipotentiary conference (Marrakesh)

Europe + Africa: GE06 agreement for digital broadcasting. Plan for 120 countries

Europe + Africa: GE06 Agreement TV frequency bands in question: VHF Band III: MHz UHF Bands IV & V: MHz Technology: Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T) For television with four reception modes of fixed, mobile, portable indoor and outdoor

In Europe + Africa: GE06 Agreement. Objectives -Agree on date for Transition to Digital -Establish a digital frequency plan - Adopt an Agreement that sets out the procedures for making changes to the frequency plan and to bring the frequency assignments into operation.

Europe + Africa: GE06 Agreement The Agreement entered into force on 17 June 2007 Transition: 17 June 2015, but some countries preferred an additional five-year extension for the VHF band ( MHz). At the end of the transition period, countries may continue to operate analogue broadcasting stations provided that these stations do not cause unacceptable interference do not claim protection

10 Transition map UHF: 17/6/2015 VHF: 17/6/ /6/2020

World overview: DTT adoption

Analogue switch off: spectrum decisions for mobile broadband

Implications: hardware availability More digital TV… less analogue hardware New mobile technologies… market choices

US band plan

European Union band plan

APT band plan

4G mobile broadband landscape USA: 698 – 806 MHz (2 x 12 MHz blocks + 2 x 11 MHz blocks) Europe: 790 – 862 MHz (2 x 30 MHz blocks with 11 MHz center gap) Asia Pacific: 698 – 806 MHz (2 x 45 MHz blocks with 10 MHz center gap)

4G mobile broadband landscape LTE & WiMax (channel sizes up to 20 MHz for maximum data rate ≈ 100 Mbps) Roaming considerations Markets for sourcing handsets and base stations

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