{"id":14741,"date":"2017-10-10T08:49:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T07:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=14741"},"modified":"2017-10-10T08:50:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T07:50:41","slug":"ofcom-uk-grant-inmarsat-ean-license-satellite-broadband-airplanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/10\/ofcom-uk-grant-inmarsat-ean-license-satellite-broadband-airplanes.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom UK Grant Inmarsat EAN License for Satellite Broadband on Airplanes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The telecoms regulator has today given <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inmarsat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inmarsat<\/a>&#8216;s plan to improve broadband connectivity on-board aircraft a boost by granting them a wireless telegraphy licence for ground based stations using the 2GHz band, which forms part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">Satellite<\/a> based European Aviation Network (EAN).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The regulator&#8217;s decision supports a change in the use of spectrum (frequency bands 1980 &#8211; 1995MHz and 2170 &#8211; 2185MHz) with respect to Inmarsat&#8217;s complementary ground-based network (CGC), which will make use of both its Satellites and ground-based <strong>DA2G<\/strong> links to the aircraft. The effort has won support from British Airways (BA) and other airlines, which will use it to support faster in-flight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Inmarsat plans to use the 1980 &#8211; 1995MHz frequency band (Mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">Satellite<\/a> Services uplink band) for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">Satellite<\/a> Terminal-to-satellite and for Ground-facing Terminal to Ground-based Station transmission. On the other side it plans to use the 2170 &#8211; 2185MHz band (MSS downlink band) for satellite-to-Satellite Terminal and for Ground-based Station to Ground-facing Terminal transmission.<\/p>\n<p>However the EAN has also attracted competition complaints from rival Satellite operator ViaSat, which earlier this year accused Inmarsat of &#8220;<em>misusing spectrum<\/em>&#8221; and gaining an &#8220;<em>unfair competitive advantage<\/em>&#8221; by &#8220;<em>creating a monopoly for European in-flight connectivity<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/viasat-inmarsat-uk-conflict-satellite-broadband-airplanes.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> received representations which argued that Inmarsat&#8217;s EAN was not consistent with the EU legal framework on the basis that its ground-based stations did not fall within the definition of CGCs. In the end the regulator said it was &#8220;<em>satisfied<\/em>&#8221; that the ground-based stations would constitute CGCs, as defined in the EU Decision and the related Regulations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Regulator&#8217;s Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on the information provided by Inmarsat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> is satisfied that (if the EAN is implemented in the way described by Inmarsat) the ground-based stations will constitute CGCs as defined in the EU Decision and the Regulations; and will comply with the applicable common conditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has therefore decided to grant Inmarsat an authorisation to transmit on the Frequency Bands using the ground-based stations, pursuant to section 8 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (\u201cWTA\u201d). This authorisation will be issued shortly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in March Inmarsat told ISPreview.co.uk that they were &#8220;<em>on track<\/em>&#8221; to make the new EAN operational during H2 2017 and this appears to be progressing. When completed, the Terrestrial Segment of Inmarsat\u2019s EAN will comprise around 300 Ground-based Stations across Europe. Each of the Ground-based Stations has a range of 80-150km.<\/p>\n<p>As at June 2017, some 41 sites had already been completed and Inmarsat was at the time estimating that the &#8220;<em>majority<\/em>&#8221; of their Ground-based Stations would be completed by 30th September 2017. A date is also given for when all Ground-based Stations would be in place but curiously Ofcom has chosen to redact that information.<\/p>\n<p>However it is noted that some aspects of the new EAN aren&#8217;t quite ready yet. For example, the Compact S-Band Mobile Satellite Service (CSM Satellite Terminal) won&#8217;t be commercially available until the end of December 2017 and the separate Cobham Satellite Terminal is &#8220;<em>expected to complete its aviation safety certification by March 2018.<\/em>&#8221; Mind you the EAN can technically be provided without the Satellite Terminal but to get the best coverage you need both the Satellite and ground side of the network.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ofcom&#8217;s Decision<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0014\/107015\/Inmarsat-mobile-satellite-services.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/..\/Inmarsat-mobile-satellite-services.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The telecoms regulator has today given Inmarsat&#8216;s plan to improve broadband connectivity on-board aircraft a boost by granting them a wireless telegraphy licence for ground based stations using the 2GHz band, which forms part of its Satellite based European Aviation Network (EAN).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[85,36,77],"class_list":["post-14741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-europe","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-satellite"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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