ARLA/CLUSTER: Emissoras de TV digital temem batalhas pelo espectro radioelectrico

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

TV broadcasters fear digital frequency spectrum battle

BBC News report that demand for new mobile services is growing so fast
that the UK's TV networks fear they may be squeezed out by competition
for limited frequencies on the radio spectrum they broadcast over.

The Freeview digital TV stations are unhappy about a plan to move them
from their existing broadcast frequencies, and worry about being asked
to make do with less spectrum overall in the long run.

Their umbrella body, Digital UK, has issued a report emphasising the
economic and social importance of digital terrestrial television (DTT)
services like Freeview.

It also questions the predictions of mushrooming demand from the
communications regulator Ofcom and the mobile phone companies.

Ofcom has said demand for superfast 4G and 5G mobile services, such as
watching video on the move, and from the increasing number of other
internet-connected devices, could increase 80-fold by 2030.

The largest mobile phone operator, Everything Everywhere, said there
was a growing consensus that mobile broadband needed more spectrum.

"People do more and more on their phones and we obviously need to keep
up with our customers," it has said.

Read the full BBC News story at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25799928

Our thanks to Peter M0PWW for spotting this item