The spectrum wars - again
The spectrum wars - again
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The limits on the amount of spectrum that can be purchased by the Telco's in the November spectrum auction is creating some vocal comments in the main media.
In the last two weeks there was some tit for tat between Telstra, Optus with finally Minister Paul Fletcher weighing in.
This is all over the re-issue of 850/900Mhz spectrum that is already in use by the carriers for mainly 3 and 4G. The ACMA wants to reallocate the spectrum so that it is optimised for 4G and 5G.
Originally the 850MHz and 900MHz bands were allocated for use as 2G spectrum, this required relatively narrow spectrum bands especially compared to 4 and 5G.