chaired by:

1
Session 4
Frequency issuesDigital dividend

• chaired by
• Borislav M. Rackov
• ITU/BR/TSD

2
Frequency issues

• Post conference activities in Plan modification
  as seen from the ITU/BR
• Analogue switch off as seen from the ITU/BR

3
Plan modification activities (1)
2006
2007
2008
2009 (first quarter)
4
Plan modification activities (2)

• It must be noted that the success rate of GE06D
  Plan submissions is rather low, out of 8 591
  received notices, only 3 524 have been processed
  further. The others have been returned for
  validation errors or have ended in conformity to
  the allotment check in case of converted
  assignments.
• Out of these 3 524 successful notices, so far 2
  250 notices have been recorded in the Plan, the
  others are still awaiting some actions by the
  notifying administration.
• Successful submissions requesting Plan
  modifications have been sent by the following
  administrations
• ALG, AZE, BLR, BUL, D, E, EGY, EST, FIN, G, GEO,
  GRC, IRN, KGZ, LTU, LVA, MLT, MRC, POR, RUS, S,
  SVN, UKR, and UZB.

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Master Register activities

• The Bureau know that a station has been put into
  operation by following notifications under
  Article 11 of the Radio Regulations.
• So far, 667 stations operating in accordance
  with GE06D Plan have been put into operation.
• The notifications have been received from
• D, FIN, LTU, LVA, MRC, S, SUI and SVN
• 30 of these stations have been put into
  operation in Band 790 862 MHz (Band candidate
  for Digital dividend). 18 of these 30 have been
  put into operation with radiation power bigger
  than 1 KW.
• 6 stations have been put into operation with
  radiation power exceeding 10 kW, notably one 17
  kW, two 50 kW, two 100 kW and one 200 kW.

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Digital Dividend

• What is digital dividend?
• Who and how shall benefit?

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Decision of the WRC-07
5.316B In Region 1, the allocation to the mobile,
except aeronautical mobile, service on a primary
basis in the frequency band 790-862 MHz shall
come into effect from 17 June 2015 and shall be
subject to agreement obtained under No. 9.21 with
respect to the aeronautical radionavigation
service in countries mentioned in No. 5.312. For
countries party to the GE06 Agreement, the use of
stations of the mobile service is also subject to
the successful application of the procedures of
that Agreement. Resolutions 224 (Rev.WRC-07) and
749 (WRC-07) shall apply. (WRC-07)
5.317A Those parts of the band 698-960 MHz in
Region 2 and the band 790-960 MHz in Regions 1
and 3 which are allocated to the mobile service
on a primary basis are identified for use by
administrations wishing to implement
International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT).
See Resolutions 224 (Rev.WRC-07) and 749
(WRC-07). This identification does not preclude
the use of these bands by any application of the
services to which they are allocated and does not
establish priority in the Radio
Regulations.     (WRC-07)