21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 1 RSPG Opinion on Public Use of Spectrum Jean-Yves Montfort Deputy Director, Spectrum management and international affairs at ANFR

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 2  Public sector bodies are significant users of spectrum  Historical reasons (first come, new technologies)  General interest objectives (transport, safety, research)  International dimension  « Command and Control » management mechanisms  WRC global allocations for Civil aviation, maritime and scientific services The current situation of PUS

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 3  Half of the spectrum between 108 kHz and 6 GHz  Spectrum shared between Public users and with electronic communications  Defence 27.2%  Emergency & Public Safety services 0.9%  Public Transport 20.7%  Scientific services: Opinion RSPG  Broadcasting: Opinion RSPG04-55 & The current situation of PUS

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 4  Half of spectrum is shared and used as follows:  PMR (few MHz)  Radionavigation & radiolocalisation (hundred of MHz)  Temporary used by E.C.  Spectrum shared with Civil aviation (about 1 GHz)  Spectrum shared with Elec. Comm. (about 600 MHz)  Other shared spectum  NATO uses  Between 90 & 180 MHz in the band MHz  150 MHz in the band MHz  590 MHz in the band MHz Defence

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 5 Road and Rail  Road : ITS & RTTT: new development  ITS: 2008/671/EC & ECC/DEC/(08)01) : MHz  RTTT: MHz, GHz and GHz  GSM-R: additional spectrum?  876 MHz – 880 MHz (uplink) and 921 MHz – 925 MHz (downlink). Land Transport

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 6  international obligations and standards under the ITU and ICAO  1 GHz, which represents 20% of the spectrum below 6 GHz  shares 96% of its spectrum with others users (same applications- Defence & Meteo)  Technological development but no additional spectrum Aeronautical transport

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 7  4.8 MHz of bandwidth in the MF, HF, and VHF bands  radar bands: 2900 – 3100 MHz – 9500 MHz  in the EU Member States ranges from 200 MHz to 700 MHz Maritime transport

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 8  police, fire and other emergency services (public and private entities)  networks : secure, reliable, resilient and wide coverage  Frequencies under 500 MHz: penetration and coverage  Demand for more spectrum in the long term Emergency & Public Safety

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 9  ECC Decisions on PP:  ERC/DEC/(96)04: TETRA;  ECC/DEC/(08)05 PPDR in MHz band also used by PMR and other services (>20 MHz)  25 kHz in the band / MHz (often less)  Up to 25 kHz in available spectrum between MHz  E.g / , / , / MHz  ECC Decisions on PMR  Narrow Band PMR: ECC/DEC(06)06:  68-87,5 MHz, MHz, 406,1-410 Mhz, MHz, MHz, MHz  Wide Band PMR: ECC/DEC(04)06  MHz, MHz, et MHz Emergency & Public Safety (2)

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 10  Bodies in charge of PPDR should elaborate their demand for new generation broadband networks in the EU context  They should address their corresponding spectrum demand to ECC  The BB application on PPDR could only be developed in an harmonised band  The EC should be involved Emergency & Public Safety (3)

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 11  No spectrum is special in theory  General interest / commercial objectives  Sharing spectrum  Frequency band sharing  Time sharing  Geographical sharing  Facilitating factor for sharing  Institutional arrangements and dynamic sharing agreements  Precise parameter of use of spectrum  Cognitive radio technologies could help  Priority use and Pre-emption The Opinion – General aspects

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 12  International agreements: global or sectorial  WRC The Opinion – International level

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 13  A single spectrum management body or committee is highly suitable  Spectrum Audit should be done regularly  Rights of use should be fully documented  Acquiring services from the market if possible  The justification procedure every 3 years The Opinion – National level

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 14  Spectrum pricing could give an incentive  Spectrum trading reinforces the incentive effect  Spectrum pricing and trading should be applied gradually and may need legal changes The Opinion – National level

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 15  Paying fees might create incentive  Harmonisation of allocation may need relocating the affected user in another frequency band  Refarming spectrum may impose costs  Refarming fund  Using revenues from auction  Requiring direct negotiation  Reducing spectrum fees The Opinion – National level

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 16  Automation of coordination processes (e.g. Safire in the Civil aviation sector)  Spectrum trading reinforces the incentive effect  Spectrum pricing and trading should be applied gradually and may need legal changes The Opinion – National level

21 April 2009 Public Sector Conference 17 Conclusions on PUS The situation: Public sector bodies are very significant users of spectrum, except emergency sector and is therefore the target for finding new harmonised spectrum for new applications. The current key elements: Sharing and International context New Incentives for improving spectrum use: either by administrative or market approaches. Preliminary steps: –A single spectrum manager (body or committee) is highly suitable –Audit of PUS should be undertaken –Right of use should be described