The push to harness the ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ to boost connectivity in Europe has reached a critical juncture. The EUโs influential ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ (๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐) has just approved its draft ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, which sets out proposals to share the spectrum between ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐, such as ๐ช๐ถ-๐๐ถ, and ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.
To highlight the importance of ๐ช๐ถ-๐๐ถ in the upper 6 GHz band to Europeโs digital transformation and the global competitiveness of its businesses, the DSA has just hosted a seminar in Brussels for ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ and, crucially, large ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ-๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, including leading retailer ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐รด๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ.
The participation of these advanced end users at the seminar is testament to the pivotal role that ๐ช๐ถ-๐๐ถ plays in their operations. In the discussions with ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, we flagged the importance of extending ๐ช๐ถ-๐๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐, currently limited to the ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, to the widest possible portion of the ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, as quickly as possible. This approach would support a wider range of ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ and promote more efficient ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น, ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐
As the ๐๐ฆ๐, we believe that ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด should be implemented in a way that maximises usage of this valuable resource. As some enterprises may require a higher degree of ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ and cannot tolerate ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (regardless of the band prioritisation),๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด or other forms of ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป could be appropriate. We believe the ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป needs to ensure ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ have the scope to consider such options, preserving flexibility to meet national and sectoral needs.
Allocating the๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ band for ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ use would support ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐. It would also help address the proliferation of ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, ๐ต๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐. Beyond Europe, major ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐โincluding the ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎโhave already made the full ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ-๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐, enabling greater ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ across a wide range of applications.
In summary,๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ RSPG draft opinion (See the link below). With inadequate access to ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐๐บ, ๐ช๐ถ-๐๐ถ could become a ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ that prevents Europe from harnessing the full potential of its increasingly extensive (and expensive) ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐.
