{"id":12321,"date":"2016-11-14T08:04:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T08:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=12321"},"modified":"2016-12-14T08:48:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T08:48:31","slug":"gsma-calls-governments-collaborate-global-spectrum-plan-deliver-ultra-fast-5g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-calls-governments-collaborate-global-spectrum-plan-deliver-ultra-fast-5g\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA Calls on Governments to Collaborate on a Global Spectrum Plan to Deliver Ultra-Fast 5G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Governments Must Agree on Sufficient Harmonised Spectrum to Enable the Fastest 5G Speeds, Affordable Devices, International Roaming without Cross-Border Interference<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>London<\/strong>: The GSMA today called on governments and regulators around the world to commit to supporting the needs of 5G in the lead-up to the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2019 (WRC-19). 5G can create a \u2018hyper-connected\u2019 society, supporting the varying needs of a hugely diverse set of connections, from industrial machinery in factories to automated vehicles, as well as rapidly growing services such as on-demand video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the mobile industry, academic institutions and international standards-making bodies are developing the technologies central to 5G, success will depend heavily on affordable access to the necessary amount of spectrum,\u201d said John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA. \u201cIt is essential that sufficient new mobile spectrum is made available \u2013 and that operators are allowed to repurpose existing spectrum for 5G when required. Governments are central to the WRC-19 process to identify harmonised spectrum for 5G and incentivise the necessary network investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultra-fast 5G services will require such large amounts of spectrum that governments and regulators are already looking at significantly higher frequencies than those traditionally used in mobile services. While this work is critical, the GSMA has highlighted that mobile spectrum must be quickly identified within three key frequency ranges \u2013 including traditional low frequency bands \u2013 to deliver widespread coverage and support all use cases. The three ranges are: Sub-1 GHz, 1-6 GHz and above 6 GHz:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sub-1 GHz<\/strong> will support widespread coverage across urban, suburban and rural areas and help support Internet of Things (IoT) services.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>1-6 GHz range<\/strong> offers a good mixture of coverage and capacity benefits, including spectrum within the 3.3-3.8 GHz range that is expected to form the basis of many initial 5G services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Above 6 GHz<\/strong> is needed to solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencyt the ultra-high broadband speeds envisioned for 5G; a focus will be on bands above 24 GHz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Policy Recommendations to Ensure the 5G Future<br \/>\n<\/strong>In a new 5G spectrum position paper published today, the GSMA outlined several recommendations that will enable the mobile industry to secure the necessary spectrum required for 5G, including:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Harmonised high-frequency mobile spectrum is needed to ensure 5G services solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/public-policy\/regulatory-environment\/mobile-energy-efficiencyt future expectations:<\/strong> Global governments need to collaborate on a harmonised approach as 5G services will require large amounts of spectrum. Without making these higher frequency bands available for 5G, it may not be possible to deliver a step change in mobile broadband speeds and support rapidly growing mobile data traffic, especially in busy urban areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Governments need to adopt national policy measures to encourage long-term heavy investment in 5G networks:<\/strong> Deployments will require significant network investment given the very large number of small cell sites needed to deliver ultra-high speeds. The speed of rollouts, quality of service and coverage levels will all be compromised without government encouragement. Governments need to review and take appropriate action on policy measures at a national level to future-proof networks to accommodate 5G.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. WRC-19 will be vital to realise the ultra-high-speed vision for 5G and low-cost devices: <\/strong>Governments and regulators hold the key to enabling the fastest 5G speeds, low-cost devices and international roaming and minimising cross-border interference. They need to plan for the future, supporting 5G spectrum in the run-up to and at WRC-19. If governments fail to agree a common set of bands, then 5G spectrum could become fragmented, which could drive up device costs and undermine access to widespread, affordable 5G.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, download the GSMA\u2019s 5G spectrum position paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/connectivity-for-good\/spectrum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GSMA-5G-Spectrum-PPP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/connectivity-for-good\/spectrum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GSMA-5G-Spectrum-PPP.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">-ENDS-<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the GSMA<\/strong><br \/>\nThe GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with almost 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/\">www.gsma.com<\/a>. Follow the GSMA on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gsma\" target=\"_blank\">@GSMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts: <\/strong><br \/>\nFor the GSMA<br \/>\nSophie Waterfield<br \/>\n+44 207 067 0728<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:swaterfield@webershandwick.com\">swaterfield@webershandwick.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GSMA Press Office<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:pressoffice@gsma.com\">pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governments Must Agree on Sufficient Harmonised Spectrum to Enable the Fastest 5G Speeds, Affordable Devices, International Roaming without Cross-Border Interference London: The GSMA today called on governments and regulators around the world to commit to supporting the needs of 5G in the lead-up to the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2019 (WRC-19). 5G can create a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,1144],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[6627],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.6) - 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