The deployment of 5G will bring large benefits to users over the coming years. Timely availability of sufficient amount of mid-band spectrum is critical for the successful launch and development of 5G-NR in the coming years. It would enable addressing the growing capacity needs, citywide (urban and suburban) as well as bringing great benefits outside these areas, thus unleashing great benefits for society.
Today’s limited supply of mid-band spectrum in some RCC countries brings the challenge of making the 5G-NR launch a success on a regional basis. Moreover, the growing demand will necessitate the need for additional mid-band spectrum already after a few years of the 5G-NR launch, independently of the starting position in an individual RCC country. The 6GHz band is a key candidate band offering good balance in terms of coverage and capacity for a wide range of 5G use cases and features. With this webinar, policy makers and the leading industry players will touch upon the importance of the mid-band spectrum for IMT, including the need for the 6 GHz band in the coming years, sharing the latest updates in relation to technical research, standardization, ITU progress and more.
Внедрение 5G принесет пользователям большие преимущества в ближайшие годы. Своевременное наличие достаточного количества спектра в «среднем диапазоне» частот имеет решающее значение для успешного запуска и развития 5G-NR. Это позволит экономически эффективно удовлетворить растущие потребности в пропускной способности как в масштабах города (городское и пригородное покрытие), так и в районах, менее охваченных современными услугами. Это принесет большие выгоды для общества в целом.
Сегодняшнея ситуация с ограниченной доступностью «среднего диапазона» частот в ряде стран РСС является вызовом с точки зрения успешного запуска сетей 5G-NR в региональном мастштабе. Более того, растущий спрос вызовет необходимость в дополнительном «среднем спектре» уже через несколько лет после запуска 5G-NR, независимо от исходной ситуации в отдельно взятой стране РСС. Диапазон 6 ГГц является ключевой кандидатной полосой частот, имеющей хороший баланс между радиопокрытием и ёмкостью сети, для реализации широкого диапазона услуг и возможносетй 5G. На этом вебинаре регуляторы и ведущие игроки отрасли обсудят важность «среднего диапазона» частот для IMT, в том числе потребность в полосе 6 ГГц в ближайшие годы, поделятся последними новостями в части технических исследований, стандартизации, хода исследований в МСЭ и другими идеями.
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Stefan Zehle from Coleago Consulting delivered a presentation on their recent report on “IMT spectrum demand: Estimating the mid-bands spectrum needs in the 2025-2030 timeframe” during the event. Click here to download a copy.
Chris Woolford, Director of International Spectrum Policy Ofcom, United Kingdom Chris Woolford is Ofcom’s Director of International Spectrum Policy where his responsibilities cover the UK’s international spectrum interests, especially in relation to the ITU, CEPT and EU. He is a member of Ofcom’s Spectrum Executive Team and Strategy Steering Group.
Chris is active in various European spectrum committees and currently represents the UK on the Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG). He has closely engaged for the UK on a number of key European and international spectrum initiatives and led the UK delegations to WRC-15 and WRC-12.
Before joining Ofcom, Chris worked in various UK Government Departments, including 6 years at Oftel, where he worked on different aspects of telecommunications regulation. Chris has a degree in mathematics and statistics from Manchester University.
Director of International Spectrum Policy
Ofcom, United Kingdom
Baxton Sirewu, Director technical services Engineer, post and telecommunications regulator (POTRAZ), Zimbabwe Baxton Sirewu is a professional telecommunication engineer, currently serving in the Administration of Zimbabwe as Director Technical Services for POTRAZ, the country’s Postal and Telecommunications Regulator.
Within the ATU, Baxton is the Chairman of the Task Group on Emerging Technologies – whose remit include the development of recommendations on harmonised implementation of 5G in Africa.
At the ITU he follows the work of WP 5D wherein he is the rapporteur for ATU and is the Chairman of the sub-working Group responsible for studies relating to WRC – 23 agenda item 1.1 (IMT in the 4800 – 4990 MHz band).
Director Technical Services Engineer
Post and Telecommunications Regulator (POTRAZ), Zimbabwe
Prof. Antonio Sassano, Chairman of Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Italy Full Professor of “Combinatorial Optimization” at the Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering “Antonio Ruberti” of the University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy. Has been consultant of the Italian Government and the National Regulators (AGCOM, AGCM) in many decisions concerning management and awarding of Spectrum. Has been President of the Monitoring Trustee (“Organo di Vigilanza”) overseeing the parity of Access to the Network of the incumbent operator (Telecom Italia). He is currently President of “Fondazione Ugo Bordoni”, the “in house” independent foundation which assists the Italian Public Administration on all the ICT issues. His research activity is focused on the methods of Combinatorial Optimization and in their applications to Spectrum Management, Network Design and Data Mining.
Chairman
Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Italy
Stefan Zehle, Co-Founder & CEO, Coleago Consulting Stefan Zehle, MBA, (CEO) Stefan is a co-founder of Coleago, was a Director Strategy, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs of a mobile operator. With 28 years telecoms experience, he is an expert in telecoms marketing strategy, spectrum valuation, and business planning. Stefan was responsible for many successful mobile licence bids and spectrum auctions and worked in 40 countries in developed and emerging markets. Stefan holds an MBA with distinction. Co-author of the Economist’s Guide to Business Planning.
Co-Founder & CEO
Coleago Consulting
Jan Engelberg, Senior Advisor, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom. Finland Jan Engelberg is Senior Advisor working for Digital Connections/ Digital Infrastructure unit at Traficom. He has been working at Traficom and its predecessors since 2000, starting as Radio Network Specialist. He has been involved in mobile communications all this time, main responsibilities have been national licensing, cross-border frequency coordination, spectrum auctions and international work in various groups at CEPT, ITU-R and European Commission. He has been participating World Radiocommunications Conference preparatory processes (national and international) and conferences since 2007. He was Finland’s national coordinator on Agenda Item 1.13 (Spectrum for 5G) in the WRC-19. Jan received his Bachelor’s degree in 1996 and Master’s degree in 2010 on Telecommunications.
Senior Advisor
Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, Finland
Sergey Rudko, RCC Co-Coordinator on AI 1.2 and AI 1.3 of WRC-23 Program Manager, Geyser-Telecom, Ltd. Russian Federation.
RCC co-coordinator on AI 1.2 of WRC-23, RCC coordinator on AI 1.3 of WRC-23.
Spectrum Regulation Expert of Satellite and Terrestrial Services.
RCC Co-Coordinator on AI 1.2 and AI 1.3 of WRC-23
Maarit Palovirta, Director, Regulatory Affairs, ETNO Maarit has an extensive expertise in telecoms, broadband and internet matters. She joined ETNO from the Internet Society, where she served as a Senior Manager Europe and where she has acquired strong experience of broadband policies as well as extensive links with internet and tech stakeholders.
Maarit also had direct experience of the telecoms business during her 6 years at Cisco and has developed a strong service-oriented, hands-on profile acquired in leading consultancies Interel and Schuman Associates.
She also has a strong European academic background from the College of Europe, LSE, King’s College and SciencesPo. Maarit is a Finnish national, she also speaks English and French.
Director, Regulatory Affairs
ETNO
Šarūnas Oberauskas, Advisor of Spectrum Engineering Division, Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT), Lithuania Šarūnas Oberauskas has been successfully fulfilling a wide range of responsibilities related to radiocommunication systems within fixed and mobile services since 2005 when he was employed at RRT. Over the last 10 years he gained experience in performing electromagnetic compatibility analysis and has highly contributed to development of bilateral coordination agreements with neighbouring countries. Due to his performance and abilities in solving regulatory issues he was assigned to represent national interests in CEPT (ECC PT1, CPG PTD) and ITU-R (JTG 5-6, JTG 4-5-6-7, TG 5/1, WP 5D) groups. Šarūnas was a member of Lithuanian delegation for WRC-12, WRC-15 and WRC-19. He was also a CEPT coordinator team member for WRC-19 Agenda item 1.13. His versatile communications skills have been well recognized and since 2018 he chairs a sub-working group in ECC PT1. Šarūnas is also a chairman of a drafting group in ITU-R WP 5D.
Advisor, Spectrum Engineering Division
Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT), Lithuania
Glyn Carter, Senior Spectrum Advisor, GSMA Glyn Carter is Senior Spectrum Advisor at the GSMA, where his main focus since he joined in 2012 has been on future spectrum. This includes preparatory activities for WRCs, including sharing and compatibility studies and other preparatory activities in ITU-R and CEPT. It also includes wider activities related to future spectrum for mobile broadband, including availability of spectrum for 5G and progressing of bands identified at WRC-15 in ITU-R and CEPT.
Glyn has been involved in spectrum management for over 20 years. Prior to GSMA, this included working as a consultant for regulators in countries including the UK, South Africa, Sweden, Japan and Jordan. He has also worked for mobile operators in countries including the UK, Romania and Portugal, where his responsibilities included technology strategy, terminals and mobile data services, as well as regulatory activities and standards. Glyn has a BSc in mathematics and a PhD in cryptography from London University.
Senior Spectrum Advisor
GSMA
Eiman Mohyeldin, Senior Specialist Spectrum Regulation, Nokia Eiman Mohyeldin is a Senior Specialist Spectrum Regulation at Nokia.
Eiman has twenty years of a professional experience in radio research and spectrum regulation and standardization in Siemens, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Networks, and lately Nokia. She is based in Germany, in 2007 she joined the standardization and spectrum team group’s, focusing on spectrum aspects, in particular participating in CEPT, ATU and ITU-R meetings. She is actively involved in the WRC process, participating in the WRC Conferences and preparatory meetings (CPM)
Eiman started her career in 2001 in radio research, focusing on the development of 4G/IMT-A in research and regulation, including participation in various European-funded projects with project management and task leadership positions. She holds a M.Sc. in Communications Engineering from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2000.
Senior Specialist Spectrum Regulation
Nokia
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