More Use of C-Band Spectrum Critical To Keeping Up With Demand for Data, GSMA Says
The use of additional C-band spectrum (3.4-4.2 GHz) for mobile broadband in just two cities, London and Shenzhen, China, would generate $440 million in economic benefit while protecting C-band incumbents, GSMA said in a report released Tuesday. The findings were…
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presented at the Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Hong Kong, coinciding with the start of the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva. “The report highlights an urgent need for regulators across the globe to address the allocation of spectrum required to meet the huge growth in mobile data traffic, especially in densely populated urban areas,” GSMA said. “C-band spectrum can provide large contiguous channels that support the delivery of high data rate services such as video.” The study was written by Plum Consulting with analysis from the GSMA and Huawei. “The report shows that use of C-band spectrum for mobile broadband can be achieved through the development of sharing techniques to allow mobile services to co-exist with other users of the band, such as satellite and fixed link services,” GSMA said. “Plum’s study and other independent studies show that C-band small cells can successfully co-exist with satellite services, provided that an exclusion zone of a 5-kilometer radius is established around the satellite installations.” Administrations worldwide should make available more contiguous spectrum to meet growing demand for high-speed connectivity in densely populated environments, said David Wang, president of Huawei Wireless Networks. “C-Band discussions during the WRC-15 offer a unique opportunity which should not be missed.”