Brussels invites tenders for digital dividend study

The European Commission is inviting bids for a research project which will examine progress towards digital switchover in the member states and propose a roadmap for co-ordinating the released frequencies.

The study follows on from the November 2007 Commission Communication which called for freed-up bands to be split into three clusters of similar services to prevent interference. The Communication said broadcasting should go in the lower bands; medium to low power unidirectional services, like mobile TV, should go in a higher sub-band; with two way services like mobile and fixed broadband going in the highest band.

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