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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alan Coote<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 11 July 2011 12:28<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">ian@transplan.uk.com</st1:PersonName>;
'Peter Vautier'; clive.glover@lineone.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> 'cma-l'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Ofcom Press
Release - The Future of the "FM Band"</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=SimSun><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>There’s more<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>To make the Band
more efficient implemented a new Band plan. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Start by reducing
the BBC local and networks transmitter power. I can hear 5 BBC local services
and dozens of BBC network transmitters. Also we can now reduce the power of the
many pseudo national commercial stations like Heart - I can hear 3 of those!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Here’s an acid test
– what would happen if, to encourage the public off FM, the transmit power of
the BBC and commercial stations was progressively reduced each month?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Alan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ian Hickling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 09 July 2011 10:25 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Peter Vautier;
clive.glover@lineone.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> cma-l<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] Ofcom Press
Release - The Future of the "FM Band"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>My reaction is that it should be politely made very clear
to Ed Richards that what Ofcom should be doing is getting the present large
number of broadcast candidates for FM usage into place in the
spectrum rather than looking for other uses for what is essentially a
finite and valuable international public asset.<br>
I am not impressed by the random use of such vague emotive terms as "white
space" - nor of the juvenile and meaningless media word
"airwaves" in a formal Press Release.<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Ian Hickling<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Partner</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>transplan <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>From: admin@londonhuayu.co.uk<br>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 20:13:06 +0100<br>
To: clive.glover@lineone.net<br>
CC: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>
Subject: Re: [cma-l] OFCOM Press Release - Future of FM Band<br>
<br>
I notice that they keep talking about "existing" FM stations. <br>
Does this mean that they won't be considering allowing new stations on to the
airwaves?<br>
<br>
A clear picture is emerging that it is not merely about inefficient management
of currently available frequency space, and more about limiting the amount of
stations that can go on air.<br>
<br>
Furthermore, this would be consistent with attitudes from the BBC and the
commercial radio sector, which clearly exert a heavy influence on Ofcom, a
regulator captive to external commercial and political interests.<br>
<br>
<br>
Peter Vautier<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Clive Glover <<a
href="mailto:clive.glover@lineone.net">clive.glover@lineone.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>The full Press Notice by OFCOM dated 6 July is: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=6 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Ofcom
considers future of FM radio band<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>July 6, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Ofcom today proposed an innovative new use for the airwaves
that will be freed up following the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s switch from analogue to
digital radio.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Speaking at the Radio Centre members’ conference today,
Ofcom Chief Executive, Ed Richards, identified White Space Devices as potential
new users of the freed up FM radio airwaves. These devices could use these
frequencies to deliver innovative applications such as mobile broadband in very
sparsely populated areas.<br>
The technology works by identifying unoccupied radio waves called “white
spaces” to transmit and receive wireless signals.<br>
Compared with other forms of wireless technology, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi,
White Space Devices are being designed to use a much wider range of
frequencies, including the lower frequencies that have traditionally been
reserved for TV and radio.<br>
Ofcom has been leading the way in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> to
develop a system that would allow these devices to work without interfering
with other users of spectrum. To date, this has focused on using the white
spaces between digital TV channels. However, in practice this technology could
also work in the FM radio band.<br>
Signals at these frequencies travel further and more easily through walls.<br>
Ed Richards said: “We believe that any release of new spectrum has great
potential to enable innovation and growth in new applications and services.”<br>
“Spectrum is a resource that is in huge demand, fuelled by the recent
explosion in smart phones and other wireless technologies. However there is
only a limited amount of it to go around, which means we need to start thinking
more creatively about how it is used. White Space Devices could offer an
effective solution.”<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Digital radio switchover</span></b><br>
It is anticipated that all large scale radio stations will migrate to digital
and eventually cease to broadcast on analogue FM radio. Smaller stations are
expected to remain on FM.<br>
This is expected to free up as much as 50% of the capacity currently used
to deliver FM radio services and has raised questions as to what this capacity
will be used for.<br>
“Our first principle has to be that any future use of the FM band is an
efficient use of radio spectrum,” said Ed Richards.<br>
“There must be certainty for smaller and community stations, that do not move
across to DAB. These will continue to play their important role, and FM is an
appropriate technology for the scale at which they operate.”<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Protecting the radio industry</span></b><br>
Ed Richards explained that White Space Devices offered a solution that could
safeguard the interests of the radio industry by making it less likely that it
was backfilled with new commercial and pirate radio stations.<br>
“White Space Devices offer a creative solution that would not only use spectrum
to its full capacity, but would also work along side existing smaller FM radio
stations. This could be done without causing interference and without any
commercial conflict.” <br>
“This approach not only would spur on technological innovation but it could
also further restrict the opportunity for pirates to fill in the gaps caused by
careful spectrum planning.”<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>White space technology</span></b><br>
On 9 November 2010, Ofcom launched a consultation on the processes needed to
successfully launch the technology and how new devices will be made available
to consumers without the need for a licence. This was based on using white
spaces between digital TV channels, however it could also be extended to use
white spaces in the FM radio band. Ofcom expects to publish a statement
concluding its thinking in the area of digital TV white spaces shortly.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>White space database</span></b><br>
It is important that white space devices do not interfere with other wireless
technologies that share these frequencies. The solution is for devices to do
this by consulting a “geolocation database” that contains live information about
which frequencies are free to use at their current location.<br>
Ofcom expects to make it possible for interested companies to host such
databases.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>How the technology will work</span></b><br>
Some white space applications will work in a similar way to Wi-Fi, which uses a
wireless router to send and receive information to other wireless devices. A
key difference is that the white space router or base station will first need
to consult a list of databases hosted online. It will describe its location and
device characteristics to one of these databases on a regular basis. The
database will then return details of the frequencies and power levels the
router is allowed to use so that it does not interfere with other devices
operating in its vicinity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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