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<h1>The end of Freeview in 2030 ?</h1>
<p>Ofcom has published a consultation on its Mobile Data Strategy <br><br>The objective of the consultation is to identify and prioritise actions which Ofcom could undertake to facilitate the continued long term growth in consumer and citizen benefits from increasing use of mobile data services.<br>
<br>This document considers the challenges that rapidly growing demand for these services could raise and what this may imply for Ofcom’s work over the coming years. In particular, we identify a number of spectrum bands where we think further work should be carried out to consider their potential future availability for mobile data use, whilst recognising the many other competing demands for spectrum.<br>
<br>The public consultation closes on 30 January 2014, see <br><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/mobile-data-strategy/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/mobile-data-strategy/</a><br>
<br>A report on A516Digital points out the consultation raises the prospects that digital terrestrial television (Freeview) could be axed altogether after 2030, with the frequencies in the UHF TV frequency band reused entirely for mobile broadband services.<br>
<br>Ofcom: The end of Freeview? <br><a href="http://www.a516digital.com/2013/11/ofcom-end-of-freeview.html" target="_blank">http://www.a516digital.com/2013/11/ofcom-end-of-freeview.html</a> </p></div>