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Maps in a draft ITU-R recommendation on where to locate Internati...

Maps in a draft ITU-R recommendation on where to locate International Mobile Telecommunications stations operating in the 3,400-3,600 MHz band may incorrectly suggest that deploying the technologies in the coordination zones is impossible, Sweden will tell a study group…

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meeting this week on the mobile technologies, said a source familiar with the country’s position. Sweden noted the large size of the zones and the significant number of base stations to coordinate. Sweden and a group of nine companies said mitigation techniques could spur further deployments. Further study is needed for the most efficient spectrum use, the group said. The companies were Alcatel-Lucent France, Alcatel-Lucent USA, Telefon AB-LM Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia Corporation, Nokia Siemens Networks, France Telecom Orange, Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone and Telefonica O2. The draft recommendation offers three methods to decide in bilateral or multilateral talks whether an IMT base or mobile station in the 3.4-3.6 GHz band would meet power flux density requirements in the Radio Regulations. Satellite interests have given the draft recommendation preliminary approval. But rules required them to give mobile interests a chance to consider it.