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Workshop on re-farming 2G bands (800/900/1800MHz), 5th ASEAN Spectrum Policy Forum 2015
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5th Meeting of the ASEAN Spectrum Policy Forum (ASPF-5) "Workshop on re-farming 2G bands (800/900/1800MHz)" March 18, 2015 Lao Plaza Hotel - Vientiane, Lao PDR
ASPF-5 workshop concept This ASPF-5 main workshop objective is to consider the issues associated with making spectrum currently used to provide 2G mobile services (e.g. the 800MHz, 900MHz and 1.8GHz bands) available for new technologies including 3G and 4G. This so-called re-farming of spectrum can generate significant economic benefits - particularly for consumers benefiting from advanced mobile data services - but also requires consideration of a number of technical (e.g. in- band interference) and economic challenges (e.g. potential impact on competition in the mobile market). The ASPF- 5 workshop will discuss these challenges and will seek to identify areas of best practice for national governments and regulators to consider as well as identifying areas where a common ASEAN approach could be beneficial. Topics to be addressed by ASPF-5: • Introducing the issues to be considered in relation to re-farming of 2G spectrum • Inventory of re-farming developments to-date in the EU and ASEAN regions • 2G band re-farming strategies and policy considerations • Technical interference issues, possible solutions and practical test results • Country case studies on re-farming experiences ASPF-5 workshop methodology and output These issues will be introduced by means of an Issue Paper as input document, illustrated by practical experiences through presentations by ASEAN and EU speakers and subsequently discussed in an interactive Plenary Session with a view to formulate identified recommendations for best practices in re-farming 2G spectrum. 2
Meeting Agenda 08:00-09:00 Registrations and welcome of participants 09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks 09:00 MPT, Lao PDR 09:05 Ruprecht Niepold - Expert in Radio Spectrum Policy & Co-chair of the ASPF, Europe 09:10 LeVanTuan - Deputy Director General, ARFM of Viet Nam & Co-chair of The ASPF, ASEAN 09:15-10:00 to-date 09:15 Amit Nagpal - Partner, Aetha Consulting Limited, United Kingdom 09:30 By GSMA 09:45 Re-farming 2G bands (800/900/1800MHz) – Situation In the ASEAN region By Qualcomm 10:00 GSM updates Hakan Ohsen - Director,Spectrum & Radio Technology Strategy, Group Function Technology, Ericsson, Viet Nam Welcome Remarks, Opening Remarks Opening Remarks Session #1 - Issues associated with re-farming of 2G bands and inventory of developments Issues and challenges associated with re---farming 2G bands Re-farming 2G bands (800/900/1800MHz) - Inventory of use of bands in Europe and trends 3
Meeting Agenda Ericsson, Viet Nam 10:15-10:55 Session #2 – General 2G band re-farming strategies and policies 10:15 Review on report of APG and 5D By Viet Nam 10:35 European re-farming strategies and policy considerations Ruprecht Niepold – Expert in Radio spectrum Policy, Belgium 10:55-11:05 Coffee & Tea break 10:05-11:45 Session #3 – Solution on 2G bands re-farming / Case studies in EU 11:05 Case study on administration regulations/policies Helen Hearn – Head of Authorisation, Spectrum Policy Group, Ofcom, United Kingdom 11:25 Case study on concrete re-farming experiences: Interferences solutions and practical test results Deployment experience Erlend Fanebust - SVP, Head of Spectrum and Analytical Decision Support, Telenor ASA, Norway 11:45-14:00 Luncheon and networking 4
Meeting Agenda 14:00-15:00 Session #4 – Solution on 2G bands re-farming/ Case studies in APAC 14:00 Deployment: interferences solutions, broadband interferences between 900 MHz and CDMA 850 frequency band Case study #1 By Australia Case study #2 Puttachad Manmontri -Director, Frequency Planning Division, Spectrum Management Bureau, The office of NBTC, Thailand Case study #3 Do Vu Anh – Head of Telecommunications Department, VNPT Group, Viet Nam Case study #4 Nyoman Adhiarna –Head of Spectrum Planning for Mobile Service, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Indonesia Issues in deploying 2G band re-farming Hakan Ohsen - Director, Spectrum & Radio Technology Strategy, Group Function Technology, Ericsson, Viet Nam Practical re-farming experiences: Practical test results 5
Meeting Agenda 15:00-15:15 Coffee & Tea break 15:15-16:30 Panel discussion on 2G frequency band re-farming in ASEAN and recommendations 16:30-17:00 Wrap-up session 6