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The Australian Digital Dividend and APT 700 MHz Band Plan The Latin American Spectrum Conference 25 October 2012 Chris Chapman ACMA Chairman
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The ACMA Established in 2005, the ACMA is Australia’s converged regulator for: Broadcasting Internet Radiocommunications Telecommunications
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Source: ABS, Regional Population Growth (2008–2009) Report. See www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0.www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0 Population density
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Source: ACMA,Towards 2020—Future spectrum requirements for mobile broadband, May 2011. See www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312514.www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312514 ACMA mobile broadband forecasts
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Australia’s Digital Dividend Reallocation of 126 MHz (694-820 MHz) of UHF broadcasting spectrum New use: 4G mobile broadband – LTE 700 MHz and 2.5 GHz to be allocated in April 2013 using a combinatorial clock auction Australia’s choice of digital dividend spectrum plan: APT 700 MHz Band Plan Efficiency, utility and harmonisation
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Band Plan Options
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APT 700 MHz Band Plan Broadcast UHF TV CHs 28-51Digital Dividend 694 MHz520 MHz820 MHz Base Station Receive/Handset Transmit 45 MHz Base Station Transmit/Handset Receive 45 MHz 698 MHz806 MHz 694 MHz748 MHz758 MHz803 MHz806 MHz698 MHz703 MHz Digital TV 4 MHz Guard Band 5 MHz Guard Band 3 MHz Guard Band Centre Gap 10 MHz 2 by 45 MHz, Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) Conventional Duplex 10 MHz Centre Gap
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Region 1 Opportunities–Europe & Africa
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The future? Source: Nokia Siemens Networks, Delivering in Digital Inclusion in the 700 MHz Band, October 2012.
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