EU shoves telly signals aside for next-gen mobile broadband

lets hope the European commission mandate a better system with regards to neighbouring frequencies than the current situation allows for. LTEt in its current form allow the trouncing over the 868 band at a level that those using the 868 band aren't allowed to transmit at if using listen before talk. Still lets not worry about all those existing alarm systems In the field this is mobile after all.

where's the free to use end user long range two way wireless provision on this land grab!

"The 800MHz band is being cleared as part of the switch to digital television, which squeezes more channels into fewer frequencies. That opens up gaps at the top and bottom of the band, and this agreement covers the top gap. This frequency reshuffle is needed to release the 1.2GHz of bandwidth that the EU reckons will be needed by 2015."

OC there's still NO EU mandate to give some of this ex-tv spectrum the users own to the actual end users explicit use for "longer range" wireless 11n and better 1gigabit, with up to 20/40 bonded channels available , by the time there is if ever, there will be nothing viable for longer range and better building penetration OC for the end users to independently use without paying a commercial provider to do so

LTE/4G More socially useful than community TV (Jeremy Hunt MP Culture Secretary's idea)

I would favour an alternative to the community TV plans outlined by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP for the UK and use this bandwidth for 4G and LTE services to provide high speed mobile broadband services where possible.

Surely such services are more socially useful than community TV. 4G and LTE services promise high speed mobile internet: a 2 way, many to many form of high speed communication enabling rural business, connecting local communities, including rural and enabling whole new applications and innovation - as well as providing TV services via iPlayer or live streamed.

Contrast that with TV - a limited, passively consumed, one to many broadcast platform. Exacerbate that limitation with the small concerns of community TV where there may be a struggle to find worthwhile content (and hold viewers interest), without the critical mass, reputation and economy of scale of a large broadcaster. But I would definitely say that by contrast that community *radio* can and does thrive, particularly being audio there is less resource required and people can do something else while listening.

But community TV and radio can be provided on LTE and 4G services - and not have any broadcast range footprint that such services would have through a transmitter.