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BFWA CONSULTATION GROUP 4 March 2003 AREA COVERAGE OF 28 GHz BFWA LICENCES. Joe Sonke Head of Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Section Radiocommunications Agency. Ref. Region. Status. A. London. All licences sold. B. Manchester & Merseyside. All licences sold. C. West Midlands.
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BFWA CONSULTATION GROUP4 March 2003AREA COVERAGE OF 28 GHz BFWA LICENCES Joe Sonke Head of Broadband Fixed Wireless Access Section Radiocommunications Agency
Ref Region Status A London All licences sold B Manchester & Merseyside All licences sold C West Midlands All licences sold D Home counties-west 3 licences available E Home counties- North 3 licences available F East Anglia 3 licences available G East Midlands 3 licences available H Home counties- South 3 licences available I Yorkshire 1 licence available J Northern England 2 licences available K South West 3 licences available L Scotland 2 licences available M Wales 3 licences available N Northern Ireland 1 licence available Regions with licences remaining L J N I B G F C M E D A H K
Remaining licences £2,000,000: Region D Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Berks and Oxon - 3 available Region E Essex, Herts and Bucks - 3 available Region F Suffolk, Norfolk, Beds, Cambs and Northants - 3 available Region G Derbyshire, Lincolnshire (part), Leics, Notts, and Rutland - 3 available Region H Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex - 3 available Region I Yorkshire and North and North-East Lincolnshire - 1 available £1,000,000 Region J Cumbria, Lancashire and NE England - 2 available Region K Wiltshire and Gloucestershire and SW England - 3 available Region L Scotland - 2 available Region M Wales - 3 available £100,000 Region N Northern Ireland - 1 available
Options for licence areas • RA defines smaller coverage areas • Operators define coverage areas • License individual base stations
Some considerations in designing licence areas • Business viability • Ubiquitous coverage • Spectrum efficiency • Transparent non-discriminatory award process • Minimal planning required • Spectrum packaging
Region H - South-east England Maidstone Woking Canterbury Guildford Kent Surrey Tunbridge Wells East Sussex West Sussex Brighton Eastbourne