UHF

EMBC report highlights opportunities and hurdles facing mobile television

15th March 2007 - Brussels: Mobile network operators in Europe called for more spectrum to be made available for the provision of mobile television, echoing one of the findings in the final report of the European Mobile Broadcasting Council (EMBC), an initiative of the European Commission. While the EMBC report highlights the great variety of technical solutions to the provision of mobile broadcast services, such as 3G network-based video streaming, MBMS and DVB-H, DMB and satellite broadcast solutions, it notes that a lack of spectrum could limit the development of some of the new mobile TV platforms available.

UHF (Ultra high frequency)

Referring to radio channels in the 300 MHz to 3 GHz band. (Cingular)

GSME calls for UHF band to be opened up to mobile and fixed telecoms service

26th February 2007 - Brussels: GSM Europe has called on the European Commission to define a harmonised sub-band within the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band, which is currently used for broadcasting analogue television, to be used for fixed and mobile telecoms applications. This is one of the options set out in the Radio Spectrum Policy Group’s (RSPG) Opinion on ‘EU Spectrum Policy Implications of the Digital Dividend’, which examines how UHF spectrum could be used once television broadcasting has become entirely digital within the European Union. The RSPG advises the European Commission on spectrum policy.