European Commission makes additional radio spectrum available for 4G services
The Commission said that 120MHz of frequency band that has been traditionally used for the delivery of 3G services should be utilised for the delivery of 4G services.
Perhaps letting operators refarm their spectrum without needing an approval would be a sensible way forward?
However, even if an NRA were to issue the edict that spectrum refarming was permitted for the relevant band, operators making use of the spectrum for 3G services are unlikely to be able to switch it to 4G immediately — there will need to be a period of gradual migration, moving services currently using given spectrum for 3G services to use another band.
In general, 4G supports the services provided by 3G apart from CS voice, with solutions are in place, if we are talking about the same services here :-)
I would assume the issue is more of the availability of the radio networks and the Devices supporting these frequencies for the specific radio technology and here it is the 4G/LTE.
Perhaps letting operators refarm their spectrum without needing an approval would be a sensible way forward?
ReplyDeleteHowever, even if an NRA were to issue the edict that spectrum refarming was permitted for the relevant band, operators making use of the spectrum for 3G services are unlikely to be able to switch it to 4G immediately — there will need to be a period of gradual migration, moving services currently using given spectrum for 3G services to use another band.
In general, 4G supports the services provided by 3G apart from CS voice, with solutions are in place, if we are talking about the same services here :-)
ReplyDeleteI would assume the issue is more of the availability of the radio networks and the Devices supporting these frequencies for the specific radio technology and here it is the 4G/LTE.