1 BFWA CONSULTATION GROUP 4 March 2003 AREA COVERAGE OF 28 GHz BFWA LICENCES Joe Sonke Head of Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Section Radiocommunications Agency

2 Regions with licences remaining L N J K M D H E F G I B C A 3 licences availableWalesM 2 licences availableScotlandL 1 licence availableNorthern IrelandN 3 licences availableSouth WestK 2 licences availableNorthern EnglandJ 1 licence availableYorkshireI 3 licences availableHome counties- SouthH 3 licences availableEast MidlandsG 3 licences availableEast AngliaF 3 licences availableHome counties- NorthE 3 licences availableHome counties-westD All licences soldWest MidlandsC All licences soldManchester & MerseysideB All licences soldLondonA StatusRegionRef

3 Remaining licences £2,000,000: Region DIsle of Wight, Hampshire, Berks and Oxon - 3 available Region EEssex, Herts and Bucks - 3 available Region FSuffolk, Norfolk, Beds, Cambs and Northants- 3 available Region GDerbyshire, Lincolnshire (part), Leics, Notts, and Rutland - 3 available Region HKent, Surrey, East and West Sussex- 3 available Region IYorkshire and North and North-East Lincolnshire - 1 available £1,000,000 Region JCumbria, Lancashire and NE England- 2 available Region KWiltshire and Gloucestershire and SW England- 3 available Region LScotland- 2 available Region MWales- 3 available £100,000 Region N Northern Ireland- 1 available

4 Options for licence areas RA defines smaller coverage areas Operators define coverage areas License individual base stations

5 Some considerations in designing licence areas Business viability Ubiquitous coverage Spectrum efficiency Transparent non-discriminatory award process Minimal planning required Spectrum packaging

6 Region K - South-west England

7 Region H - South-east England Kent East Sussex West Sussex Surrey Brighto n Eastbourne Canterbury Maidstone Tunbridge Wells Guildford Woking

8 Region D - Central Southern England