ACMA is Open to Receive 1800MHz Applications for November 2015 Auction

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ACMA (The Australian Communications and Media Authority) is now open to take applications from the companies interested in participating in ACMA’s 1800MHz November 2015 auction. The ACMA has declared Nov-15 as the date of the auction. Companies interested in getting 1800MHz spectrum licenses can submit their application form before November. More than 147 lots of spectrum along with residual spectrum will be handed over by using an online auction process.

The auction format will allow the spectrum to use an online auction process in accordance with a direction and approval from the ministry of communication and broadcasting. It will abide by all new auction rules that prohibit any party or company from acquiring more than 2×25MHz of the available spectrum in the auction.

A comprehensive ‘Applicant Information Pack (AIP)’ has been made available now to make the process convenient. It comprises of a new auction guide that is relevant to legislative instruments. It is ideal for accompanying descriptive statements.

Given below the details that The AIP includes:

Region – Starting price

Darwin – $106,000

North Queensland (Cairns/Townsville) – $399,000

Central Queensland (Mackay) – $305,000

South Queensland (Maryborough) – $917,000

Northern New South Wales (Grafton) – $421,000

Western New South Wales (Dubbo) – $266,000

Canberra (including south coast of New South Wales) – $565,000

Southern New South Wales/Riverina (Albury) – $455,000

Regional Victoria – $705,000

Tasmania – $438,000

Regional South Australia – $274,000

Regional Western Australia – $237,000

North Queensland (Cairns/Townsville) – $199,000

Regional South Australia – $137,000

Adelaide – $1,134,000

ACMA states that the starting prices have been calculated on the basis of $0.08/MHz/pop.  A right figure has been chosen for the benefits of public and the new license holder. However, importance has been given to maximize the overall public benefit. The ultimate aim of this allocation is to ensure the efficient allocation and use of the spectrum righteously.

ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman stated: “The release of the AIP allows interested parties to consider the vital information on the 1800 MHz band auction. This includes details of the auction process and other key issues such as eligibility payments and the reserve or starting price.”

The whole auction method will be conducted via a Simultaneous Multi Round Ascending (SMRA) auction. It uses cutting-edge software developed and implemented by globally acclaimed online auction experts.

Chapman told: “Spectrum is a finite natural resource. When demand exceeds supply for spectrum in a band, the ACMA commonly allocates spectrum by auction. This provides a transparent process to establish a market price; ensuring licences are allocated to those who value them most highly.”

“The ACMA considers that the price paid by bidders at an auction should provide a reasonably accurate indication of the true market value of the spectrum and identify the highest value use of the band,” he added.

240 million to get 5G Connections by 2025 ‘Internet of Everything’ promises

5G, internet, Mobile Communication, Telecommunication

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Juniper, UK’s chief research firm announced the commercial launch of its latest research entitled ‘5G Market Strategies > 5G Market Strategies: 4G LTE Evolution, Spectrum Analysis & Opportunities 2015-2025.’

The research unveils the future of 5G services and its impact on telecom industry by 2025. Juniper has tried to forecast the scope and opportunity that businesses would get in the near future.

Juniper’s forecast—

  • Juniper has also explained what ‘true 5G’ means, and ‘delivers an extensive analysis on the impact of 5G and what it means in terms of spectrum requirements, network investments, roll outs and upgrades to existing networks.’ To get started on 5G, customers need to switch to a 5G SIM. All mobile retail giant will facilitate 5G SIM swaps, the firm’s spokesperson said.

 

  • The number of mobile web users globally is expected to grow by around 28 per cent annually between 2013 and 2017 and reach 314 million by the end of 2017, according to a report released by Juniper.

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  • It also sketches out the potential development of business models and use cases, including the integration of M2M and IoT.

 

  • The research forecasts speedy implementation for 5G from 2025 onwards, and says that ‘active connections representing a threefold increase from 2024 to reach 240 million by then’, so a lot happens in 2024 to triple connectivity.

 

Advantages of 5G:

The countless advantages of 5G such as higher data rates, longer battery life, greater user/device support, and reduced latency will cause a perfect environment for the propagation of new connected service applications and devices. 5G will be the subject of the most complex set of standardization activities over the next 5 years before first roll-out of commercial services in 2020.

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Challenges:

This highly anticipated research also points out the possibility of Spectrum challenges and its outcome.

The spectrum challenges take in the fact ‘it has not yet been confirmed which frequency bands are going to be utilized for 5G by operators,’ with the twin issues needing to be surmounted being ‘the timing and cost of the spectrum’, as these will play ‘pivotal roles in deciding the speed of 5G roll-outs.’
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Juniper expects that local acceptance will be dominated by the Far East and China with Japan and South Korea to be amongst the first countries to launch commercial 5G services.

Also, Korea has already announced that 2018 PeyongChang Winter Olympics will be a Korean 5G showcase.

What Experts have to say:

According to Research author Nitin Bhas, “It is critical to 5G’s success that the most feasible and appropriate spectrum bands are assigned, not only to support existing high bandwidth and capacity requirements, but also the wide ranging devices and applications contributing towards the Internet of Everything.”

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Apart from all discussion, this is to note that none of the US operators have made any public announcements regarding 5G trials or pilots, but given the current US 4G leadership, Juniper expects the US will closely follow the Far East & China in deployment.

For more details please log on to http://www.juniperresearch.com/document-library/white-papers/need-for-5g-hot-pursuit

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