5g visions across the world
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5G Visions across the world
Martin Fenton – Director of spectrum analysis, Ofcom
9 November 2020
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5G: from evolutionary to revolutionary
Evolution of services: Increased capacity for wireless (fixed and mobile)
Revolutionary services: Facilitating innovation across industry verticals
Something for both consumers and businesses
Image sources: Qualcomm, Verizon
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5G rollout in the UK has started but is at an early stage and will only be a part of the puzzle.
• All UK MNOs launched 5G in 2019
• Initial focus in high demand areas to deliver more capacity for consumers cost effectively.
• Deployments now cover more than 80 urban locations
EE 5G and 4G online coverage checker
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A range of business models will be required to meet a varied demand
• We have been engaging with different businesses and organisations, through a series of workshops, to better understand their evolving needs and to highlight the options available and their characteristics.
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Our spectrum sharing framework to enable a range of different uses cases and players
Shared access licence for access to mobile spectrum, 1800 MHz, 2300 MHz, 3.8-4.2 GHz and 26 GHz → deployment within 6 months of obtaining licence
Local access licence for access to licensed mobile spectrum
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…And different spectrum bands
• Spectrum is critical for wireless. We are making sure that spectrum bands, with different characteristics, can be accessed by a wide range of players, including MNOs, system integrators and directly by businesses, to deploy the connectivity solutions that meet their requirement.
Exempt & Light Licence
Auction: Spectrum mostly authorised on a nationwide basis. MNOs can offer slices of their network to meet business requirements.
Sharing: Low cost licences enabling localised access to spectrum. Can be used for private networks and to extend coverage.
Exempt and light licence: Access to spectrum with low barriers is an important enabler of innovation. Wi-Fi technology is currently common across many businesses.
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• We have been carrying out measurements near 5G-enabled mobile phone base stations.
• Prior to the COVID-19 lockdown, we measured EMF emissions at 22 locations in 10 cities across the UK, including Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London, focusing on areas where mobile use is likely to be highest, e.g. train stations, shopping centres, etc.
• We have restarted our measurements and expect to publish further results before the end of the year.
EMF measurements near 5G base stations
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Thank you