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- 2008 /
- April-June 08 /
Auction benefits HSPA and LTE
Ericsson is poised to deliver end-to-end HSPA and LTE technology to the successful bidders in Sweden’s recent 2.6GHz spectrum auction.
May 9, 2008
Sweden was the first country to auction the 2.6GHz band according to the harmonized band arrangement agreed by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT). The auction ended May 8. Five bidders (HI3G Access, Intel Capital Corp., Tele2 Sweden, Telenor Sweden, and TeliaSonera Mobile Networks) have won licenses for the total amount of USD 348 million (SEK 2,099,450,000).
The CEPT band plan, adopted in 2005 by the 48 member countries, includes a commitment to make the 2.6-2.69GHz band available from 2008, based on relative market demands.
Håkan Ohlsén, Ericsson's director for access standardization, says the CEPT harmonization is crucial because mobile broadband development and traffic growth are rapidly increasing. As a result, there is increasing need for additional spectrum. The Swedish auction was the first step in this direction.
Auctions of the 2.6GHz band in other CEPT countries such as Austria, the Netherlands, Italy and the UK are also scheduled for this year.
“The 2.6-2.69GHz band is expected to be the largest new spectrum resource for mobile broadband services over the next few years,” Ohlsén says. “It’s large enough to allow a number of operators to deploy technologies using wide channels, such as the 2x20MHz bandwidth channels that are standardized for LTE. This spectrum meets requirements for high capacity and allows for high-speed mobile broadband.”
Ohlsén points out that LTE is a technology that several operators in Europe are considering.
“The 2.6GHz spectrum is a frequency band that has been prioritized for LTE during the entire standardization process. It also gives operators the possibility to access 20MHz carriers, which is the largest bandwidth for LTE,” he says.
Ohlsén adds that Ericsson’s HSPA solution for the 2.6GHz frequency band also enables operators to create new mobile broadband markets with advanced multimedia services.
“The deployment of HSPA on the 2.6GHz frequency band stimulates current HSPA operators to expand their existing mobile broadband business into new frequency bands, as it allows them to leverage on their existing infrastructure,” he says.
Ericsson’s offerings for the 2.6GHz band are based on its multi-standard RBS 3000 and RBS 6000 series. These base stations support WCDMA/HSPA/LTE and GSM/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA/LTE respectively.
| Facts The Swedish regulator, PTS, auctioned 15 frequency blocks in the 2.6 GHz spectrum. The allocated licenses are not combined with any technology or service requirements, and the successful bidders do not need to cover any specific geographical areas. |
