[LINK] Fwd: MR51/2011: ACMA seeks comment on proposal to designate part of 2.5 GHz band for spectrum licensing [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Antony Barry tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au
Fri May 27 12:15:22 AEST 2011



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> From: media at acma.gov.au
> Date: 27 May 2011 11:16:08 AM AEST
> To: <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
> Subject: MR51/2011: ACMA seeks comment on proposal to designate part of 2.5 GHz band for spectrum licensing [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
> Reply-To: blake.murdoch at acma.gov.au
> 
> 27 May 2011
> 
> ACMA seeks comment on proposal to designate 
> part of 2.5 GHz band for spectrum licensing
> 
> The Australian Communications and Media 
> Authority today announced the first formal 
> steps toward converting the apparatus 
> licences held by the free-to-air commercial 
> television broadcasters and the ABC to 
> spectrum licences in the mid-band gap of the 
> 2.5 GHz band.
> 
> The ACMA is proposing to recommend to the 
> Minister that he designate the frequency 
> range 2570–2620 MHz to be allocated by 
> issuing spectrum licences throughout 
> Australia. If the minister accepted such a 
> recommendation, it would enable the ACMA to 
> undertake processes to convert existing 
> apparatus licences – used for electronic news 
> gathering operations - to 15-year spectrum 
> licences.
> 
> ‘This is an important step in implementing 
> the outcomes of the review of the 2.5 GHz 
> band,’ said ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman. 
> ‘Conversion of existing licences in the band 
> would provide licensees with increased 
> flexibility in their use of the spectrum and 
> greater certainty, with licence terms of up 
> to 15 years.’
> 
> Before it makes any recommendation to the 
> Minister, the ACMA is inviting the public to 
> make representations about the recommendation 
> it should make.
> 
> To assist people in making a submission to 
> the ACMA, an information paper on this issue 
> has been published, Review of the 2.5 GHz 
> band and long-term arrangements for ENG: 
> Designation Proposal. The paper provides 
> further information and sets out a 
> recommendation to designate the mid-band gap 
> of the 2.5 GHz band for spectrum licences 
> issued to existing licensees.
> 
> The ACMA also today released draft 
> recommendations about spectrum re-allocation 
> of the 694-820 MHz (digital dividend) band 
> and 2500-2570 MHz and 2620-2690 MHz (2.5 GHz) 
> band.
> 
> The ACMA encourages submissions from all 
> interested parties by Friday 15 July 2011.
> 
> For more information or to arrange an 
> interview please contact: Blake Murdoch, 
> Media Officer, on (02) 9334 7817, 0411 504 
> 687 or media at acma.gov.au.
> 
> # # #
> 
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> broadcasting, the internet, 
> radiocommunications and telecommunications. 
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> communications and media work in Australia’s 
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