The agenda for the next World Radio Conference is studied closely to for indications of where the industry is heading. The recognition that a conference can give to new technologies is an important factor in any eventual success, just as end to protection previously enjoyed by current services may upset existing business models.
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Spectrum auctions in Europe this year could provide useful clues for regulators eyeing future awards, analysts say. Upcoming auctions of 2.6GHz spectrum in the UK, Austria and Sweden, together with the recently concluded Norwegian auction, will give other countries a better idea of the market value of the frequency and the most appropriate split between Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum is, said Analysys consultant Lee Sanders.
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The world's first international trial of a mobile phone service on aircraft is proving very popular with passengers according to Air France. The trial service, which is initially data only, kicked off on December 17 using OnAir equipment installed on an Airbus A318 Air France flight between Paris and Warsaw, overflying Switzerland and Germany.
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There were several important achievements at WRC-07 and its pre-meetings, the first being the admittance of mobile WiMAX to the IMT2000 family of technologies able to use spectrum identified for 3G. This followed a year of meetings in ITU SG8, including a special meeting which had to be called in order for the ratification procedures to be completed before the conference.
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There are only two serious competitors in the provision of mobile services on aircraft, British companies OnAir and AeroMobile and both have been busy last year and this lobbying telecoms and aviation regulators throughout Europe and Asia.
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The main problem facing regulators was devising the formula which would take into account Hutchison's operations in several countries. Having come in as purely a 3G operator, and paid large sums of money for 2100MHz spectrum, the 3 operation has had to build out grassroots UMTS networks at further large expense. If existing 2G operators are allowed to refarm their 2G spectrum and recycle their 2G infrastructures they will be at a huge financial advantage, Hutchison argues.
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Because of both the amount of spectrum which will be freed up when analogue television signals are switched off, and the desirability of UHF spectrum for a variety of applications, how to dice up the dividend is a highly contentious issue at both the member state and Europe-wide levels.
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