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1. GCTO
Telefonica Global Resources
Simon Wilson
25-Mar-14
Long-term UHF Spectrum Policy
UK Spectrum Policy Forum
26 March 2014

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The Value of Mobile Services
For most people, mobile
connectivity has become an
essential part of daily life.
Smartphones have gone mass-market
and ordinary people now have
continuous access to the internet,
enabling them to watch videos, listen
to music, check in with friends and
family or pull up information with one
touch of a screen.
Essential

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The Value of Mobile Services
For most people, mobile
connectivity has become an
essential part of daily life.
Smartphones have gone mass-market
and ordinary people now have
continuous access to the internet,
enabling them to watch videos, listen
to music, check in with friends and
family or pull up information with one
touch of a screen.
Public mobile communications
contribute ~60% of UK spectrum use.
Essential
Spectrum use 2011
(£ billion)
10-year NPV
2012–2021
(£ billion)
Public mobile communications 30.2 273
Wi-Fi 1.8 25.6
TV broadcasting 7.7 86.0
Radio broadcasting 3.1 28.6
Microwave links 3.3 22.1
Satellite links 3.6 31.3
Private mobile radio 2.3 19.2
Total 52.0 486
Source: Analysys-Mason on behalf of UK Department of Culture Media & Sport (DCMS)
and Department of Business Innovation & Skills (BIS)

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The Value of Mobile Services
For most people, mobile
connectivity has become an
essential part of daily life.
Smartphones have gone mass-market
and ordinary people now have
continuous access to the internet,
enabling them to watch videos, listen
to music, check in with friends and
family or pull up information with one
touch of a screen.
2.5 billion 4G-LTE connections are
expected worldwide in 2020.
Essential

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The Value of Mobile Services
More devices, vehicles and
machines are shipping with built-in
mobile connectivity.
Health monitors can use mobile
networks to transmit patients’ vital
signs to hospitals, cars can
automatically call the emergency
services in the case of an accident,
tablet computers can download books
from almost anywhere and ‘home
hubs’ enable householders to control
their heating, air conditioning or
lighting during their daily commute.
Pervasive
For most people, mobile
connectivity has become an
essential part of daily life.
Smartphones have gone mass-market
and ordinary people now have
continuous access to the internet,
enabling them to watch videos, listen
to music, check in with friends and
family or pull up information with one
touch of a screen.
Essential

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The Evolution of Demand
Global mobile data traffic is
expected to increase tenfold
between 2013 and 2018.
Growth

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The Evolution of Demand
Global mobile data traffic is
expected to increase tenfold
between 2013 and 2018.
The amount of spectrum national
governments allow mobile operators
to use will be rapidly exhausted by
this growing demand for bandwidth-
hungry services. It is expected that
additional spectrum will be needed in
Europe by 2020 in order to address
the clear trend in data demand.
Growth
Source: © Arthur D. Little, Exane BNP Paribas Netzkapazitäten versus Datenverkehr

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The Evolution of Demand
The benefits of bandwidths below
1GHz are crucial for the deployment
of mobile broadband across Europe.
The type and amount of spectrum
used to deliver services directly
impacts the speed, capacity and
reach of mobile broadband services
making additional spectrum vital in
order to meet long-term data
demand.
Quality
Global mobile data traffic is
expected to increase tenfold
between 2013 and 2018.
The amount of spectrum national
governments allow mobile operators
to use will be rapidly exhausted by
this growing demand for bandwidth-
hungry services. It is expected that
additional spectrum will be needed in
Europe by 2020 in order to address
the clear trend in data demand.
The 700MHz band will be a vital part
of fulfilling this demand.
Growth

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The Evolution of Demand
The benefits of bandwidths below
1GHz are crucial for the deployment
of mobile broadband across Europe.
The type and amount of spectrum
used to deliver services directly
impacts the speed, capacity and
reach of mobile broadband services
making additional spectrum vital in
order to meet long-term data
demand.
64% of the world’s population is
expected to be covered by 4G-LTE by
end of 2020.
Quality
Global mobile data traffic is
expected to increase tenfold
between 2013 and 2019.
The amount of spectrum national
governments allow mobile operators
to use will be rapidly exhausted by
this growing demand for bandwidth-
hungry services. GSMA estimates that
an additional 600-800MHz of spectrum
(which includes the 700MHz band) will
be needed in Europe by 2020 in order
to address the clear trend in data
demand.
Coverage

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The UHF Band
Securing bandwidth below 1GHz for
mobile services represents a
valuable opportunity to deliver high
quality broadband for all.
These frequencies are ideal for the
deployment of mobile broadband over
large areas because far less
infrastructure is required compared
with higher frequencies, thus
lowering the costs of meeting the
data consumption explosion in rural
areas. It also offers improved
saturation in urban areas and
enhanced building penetration.
Opportunity
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The UHF Band
The 700MHz band will be critical to
Europe and the UK’s ability to
satisfy the explosion in mobile data
demand.
Harmonization
Securing bandwidth below 1GHz for
mobile services represents a
valuable opportunity to deliver high
quality broadband for all.
These frequencies are ideal for the
deployment of mobile broadband over
large areas because far less
infrastructure is required compared
with higher frequencies, thus
lowering the costs of meeting the
data consumption explosion in rural
areas. It also offers improved
saturation in urban areas and
enhanced building penetration.
Opportunity

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The UHF Band
The 700MHz band will be critical to
Europe and the UK’s ability to
satisfy the explosion in mobile data
demand.
As the 700MHz band is increasingly
being used across the globe for
mobile broadband services, in Asia
and Latin America (Brazil will award
700MHz band spectrum in 2014),
harmonised release of the spectrum
will allow UK consumers and
operators to reap the benefits of
economies of scale in mobile handsets
and infrastructure.
Harmonization

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A Phased Approach
The first phase would see an
agreement on the release of the
700MHz band for mobile broadband by
European regulators, preferably
between 2018 and 2020, including
provisions for possible earlier release
in some countries such as Sweden and
Finland that are targeting 2017.
Alongside the 800 MHz band, this
would give the UK and EU a powerful
opportunity to deliver on the
European Commission’s Digital Agenda
objective of universal high-speed
broadband access (i.e. 30Mbit/s for
all EU citizens).
700MHz

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A Phased Approach
The second phase would address the
longer-term future of the rest of the
TV UHF band (from 470MHz to
694MHz), which must involve further
work and analysis. This will include an
assessment of, and agreement on, the
different options for delivering audio-
visual content across Europe to
ensure that spectrum is used most
efficiently for the benefit of all
European citizens.
470-694MHz
The first phase would see an
agreement on the release of the
700MHz band for mobile broadband by
European regulators, preferably
between 2018 and 2020, including
provisions for possible earlier release
in some countries such as Sweden and
Finland that are targeting 2017.
Alongside the 800 MHz band, this
would give the UK and EU a powerful
opportunity to deliver on the
European Commission’s Digital Agenda
objective of universal high-speed
broadband access (i.e. 30Mbit/s for
all EU citizens).
700MHz

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A Phased Approach
The second phase would address the
longer-term future of the rest of the
TV UHF band (from 470MHz to
694MHz), which must involve further
work and analysis. This will include an
assessment of, and agreement on, the
different options for delivering audio-
visual content across Europe to
ensure that spectrum is used most
efficiently for the benefit of all
European citizens.
Work is ongoing in many fora and the
SPF should ensure UK views are well
represented.
470-694MHz
Digital Agenda for Europe -
High Level Group UHF
Task Group 6 - Long Term Vision UHF
Opinion – Common
Policy Objectives for
WRC-15
Opinion - A long-term
strategy on the future
of the UHF band in EU
Agenda Item 1.1
Agenda Item 1.2
UHF: 700 MHz
Mobile Data Strategy