1. The Australian Digital Dividend and APT 700 MHz Band Plan The Latin American Spectrum Conference 25 October 2012 Chris Chapman ACMA Chairman

2. The ACMA  Established in 2005, the ACMA is Australia’s converged regulator for:  Broadcasting  Internet  Radiocommunications  Telecommunications

3. Source: ABS, Regional Population Growth (2008–2009) Report. See www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0.www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/3218.0 Population density

4. Source: ACMA,Towards 2020—Future spectrum requirements for mobile broadband, May 2011. See www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312514.www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_312514 ACMA mobile broadband forecasts

5. Australia’s Digital Dividend  Reallocation of 126 MHz (694-820 MHz) of UHF broadcasting spectrum  New use: 4G mobile broadband – LTE  700 MHz and 2.5 GHz to be allocated in April 2013 using a combinatorial clock auction  Australia’s choice of digital dividend spectrum plan:  APT 700 MHz Band Plan  Efficiency, utility and harmonisation

6. Band Plan Options

7. APT 700 MHz Band Plan Broadcast UHF TV CHs 28-51Digital Dividend 694 MHz520 MHz820 MHz Base Station Receive/Handset Transmit 45 MHz Base Station Transmit/Handset Receive 45 MHz 698 MHz806 MHz 694 MHz748 MHz758 MHz803 MHz806 MHz698 MHz703 MHz Digital TV 4 MHz Guard Band 5 MHz Guard Band 3 MHz Guard Band Centre Gap 10 MHz  2 by 45 MHz, Frequency Division Duplex (FDD)  Conventional Duplex  10 MHz Centre Gap

8. Region 1 Opportunities–Europe & Africa

9. The future? Source: Nokia Siemens Networks, Delivering in Digital Inclusion in the 700 MHz Band, October 2012.