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Spectrum policy
Navigating through the complexities of strategy and regulations to tackle pressures on spectrum availability, plus guidance on new spectrum sharing models
Challenges
- Spectrum strategy is becoming more complex: regulation, spectrum access, spectrum cost, coverage mandates and even lack of spectrum will affect decision-making
- New licencing, spectrum sharing and deployment models, as well as new players and new bands are changing the way spectrum is used
- Pressure on spectrum is coming from growth in mobile data usage – from people, businesses and even machines
Our offer
- Strategic advice to guide your response to auctions and coverage mandates
- An informed assessment of spectrum policy and access in all markets
- Network modelling strategies underpinned by a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis allied to a solid techno-economic framework
Regulators are under pressure to release more spectrum; MNOs are constantly seeking more of the spectrum as 5G rolls out.
Spectrum rules and policies are changing – and its availability differs across markets. How do you prepare for auctions of new spectrum? Is the spectrum on offer enough to cope with projected demand? What are the rules – and will they change? Can new spectrum sharing schemes involving CBRS, Europe’s Licensed Shared Access and TVWS, among others, free up airwaves and boost revenue opportunities? And what are the spectrum implications of network slicing and more localised deployments targeting industrial applications?
What we offer
- Experience: We have long-term experience in network planning that can make the most of available spectrum and meet coverage requirements while keeping costs down. We also use our own unique spectrum modelling system called CAPISCE.
- A long history of engagement: We have long been heavily engaged in various areas of the international 5G programme through many projects and research activities that have given us important insights into spectrum strategy. Our knowledge extends across challenges both technological and economic. We have worked with and for a number of regulatory bodies and governments.
- Understanding: We have an understanding of the multiple complex strategies that are driving spectrum policy and regulation around the world – and what they could mean for you. We have developed a framework to compare spectrum sharing approaches not just for individual MNOs but also for regulators.
Prof. Simon Saunders, PhD CEng FREng FIET FITP
Wireless Systems Expert, Co-Founder and Shareholder
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