Comment Neelie (Kroes)

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Comment Neelie
[...] And that is why I am fighting for a connected continent. Like by removing the barriers for our mobile networks. Today, you face 28 different spectrum systems in Europe. So it's harder to plan and bid across borders. That is letting you, the industry, down – it's letting our economy down – it's letting our citizens down. MEPs and national governments have the power to change that – I hope we can persuade them to take that step.
45.45, 9.16667 - Milan ITALY
Trond Johannessen
Single point of licensing was established around 1998. The problem is the licensing of the spectrum as an exclusive asset. Today, this is a stupid, previous-century allocation model. 5G has no sense without Dynamic Spectrum Allocation, resisted by operators who want to maintain oligopoly and politicians who want money for the Treasury. Are we investing in DSA or are we investing in Technologies that eventually will cause a crowding out of other spectrum uses and users? Our policies in Europe must emphasize the build of fiber infrastructure over a broad footprint in order for mobility with full bandwidth to be maintained, and allowing migration to the cities to cease for reasons created by the information society. We need to remove the barriers to investment, but not by putting our assets up for sale by tearing down the wrong barriers. I fully agree with the need to open up for one licensing system, but not by concentrating spectrum ownership in the hands of global entities. Transform the perspective. The technology exists, we just need to direct the R
Trond Johannessen, 25/02/2014 09:53
45.45, 9.16667 - Milan ITALY
Trond Johannessen
and I. The paradigm shift from operator spectrum ownership justified by technology limited spectrum scarcity to full spectrum sharing based on Marconian appreciation of time and space, has already taken place in military applications. Whereas we may see improvements in air interface utilization, the paradigm shift inherent in a shift from static to dynamic allocation transforms the resource availability forever. We will only get to the inherent value in an unlimited resource by setting policy direction and refusing the "easy fixes" that makes progress at a diminishing marginal rate.
Trond Johannessen, 25/02/2014 10:22