The Global Issues With Mobile TV Spectrum

Nokia has dismissed the need for a single spectrum band across Europe for mobile TV, and particularly doesn’t like the proposed solution of a temporary L-band allocation until permanent spectrum can be released. “We’re going to lose quite a lot of economies of scale if we are going to add new radios to the devices. Also, the network operators are not keen on that band as it is two-to-three times more expensive to build the network for this frequency,” said Jouni Kamarainen, director of industry collaboration at Nokia’s multimedia unit.
Meanwhile, Juan Carlos Jil, executive director of the GSM Association in Latin America has called on the Chilean government to set aside spectrum for mobile TV services, while the government is considering which digital TV system to implement.
And Australia is still debating media ownership laws as they apply to mobile TV, with lady-in-charge Senator Coonan being pressured to ensure that more than one company has access to the spectrum — one option is that whoever gets the spectrum be “forced to guarantee access arrangements to other players”.

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