The seminar will take a wide ranging look at spectrum in the UK. With Ofcom announcing a timetable for the auction of the 800Mhz and 2.6Ghz frequencies, and the Government indicating that 500Mhz of public spectrum will be freed in the next 10 years, delegates will examine how the airwaves can be allocated, assess the dangers of a 'spectrum drought' to UK competitiveness and consider tensions that are likely to arise between competing uses.
Planned sessions will discuss:
• The liberalisation of radio spectrum allocations and the changing role of spectrum management;
• The challenges to maximizing the social and economic benefits of radio spectrum;
• The schedule and method for progressing the 600MHz, 800MHz and 2.6GHz allocation and possible uses for these frequencies; and
• Risks of spectrum congestion or drought and possible strategies to avoid or deal with these scenarios.
Guest speakers include Martin Cave, author of Independent Audit of Spectrum Holding, and Kevin Russell, ceo of Three.
