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Ofcom has released details of its plans to auction licences for the 'L-Band' of radio spectrum.
The 1,452MHz to 1,492MHz band is suitable for various mobile multimedia services, including mobile television, as well as services such as satellite digital radio and even WiMax wireless broadband.
The auction will take place online, starting in spring 2008. Ofcom said there will be 16 lots of approximately 1.7MHz each for spectrum from 1,452MHz to 1,479.5MHz. The remaining spectrum will be auctioned as a single lot.
The release of the L-Band is part of a wider programme to unleash around 400MHz of spectrum at frequencies below 3GHz - which includes the digital dividend, whereby spectrum will be freed-up by the switch to digital TV.
L-Band spectrum will be released on a technology and service neutral basis, said the regulator, and all licences will be tradable.
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1. Amitabh Kumar
WIMAX may be a much better option for operators planning multimedia services to mobile devices.Mobile broadcasting with WiMAX will have two facets. The first is the integration of web 2.0 applications, location based services and providing mobile Web with high speed and QoS.The second facet is the typical broadcast services i.e. linear TV, streaming video content etc. TV however will not remain linear for long in this manifestation but will get more and more user controlled.