The Australian Digital Dividend and APT 700 MHz Band Plan

The Australian Digital Dividend and APT 700 MHz Band Plan The Latin American Spectrum Conference 25 October 2012 Chris Chapman ACMA Chairman

The ACMA • Established in 2005, the ACMA is Australia’s converged regulator for: • Broadcasting • Internet • Radiocommunications • Telecommunications

Population density Source: ABS, Regional Population Growth (2008–2009) Report. Seewww.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0.

ACMA mobile broadband forecasts Source: ACMA,Towards 2020—Future spectrum requirements for mobile broadband, May 2011. See www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312514.

Australia’s Digital Dividend • Reallocation of 126 MHz (694-820 MHz) of UHF broadcasting spectrum • New use: 4G mobile broadband – LTE • 700 MHz and 2.5 GHz to be allocated in April 2013 using a combinatorial clock auction • Australia’s choice of digital dividend spectrum plan: • APT 700 MHz Band Plan • Efficiency, utility and harmonisation

Band Plan Options

APT 700 MHz Band Plan 520 MHz 694 MHz 698 MHz 806 MHz 820 MHz Broadcast UHF TV CHs 28-51 Digital Dividend 3 MHz Guard Band Digital TV 4 MHz Guard Band Base Station Receive/Handset Transmit 45 MHz Base Station Transmit/Handset Receive 45 MHz Centre Gap 10 MHz 5 MHz Guard Band 694 MHz 698 MHz 703 MHz 748 MHz 758 MHz 803 MHz 806 MHz • 2 by 45 MHz, Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) • Conventional Duplex • 10 MHz Centre Gap

Region 1 Opportunities–Europe & Africa

The future? Source: Nokia Siemens Networks, Delivering in Digital Inclusion in the 700 MHz Band, October 2012.

The Australian Digital Dividend and APT 700 MHz Band Plan