{"id":31085,"date":"2022-05-20T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T10:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=31085"},"modified":"2022-05-20T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T10:23:13","slug":"ofcom-uk-to-let-o2-and-vodafone-use-existing-bands-for-5g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/05\/ofcom-uk-to-let-o2-and-vodafone-use-existing-bands-for-5g.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom UK to Let O2 and Vodafone Use Existing Bands for 5G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms regulator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>, have today proposed to update certain licences held by mobile operators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> (VMO2) &#8211; including for the 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz and 2.6GHz bands. The move is designed to enable the deployment of newer technologies, such as ultrafast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> broadband services, into the bands.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned bands are currently only allowed to harness up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> technology (sometimes also WiMAX), while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> services typically make use of the 700MHz, 3.4GHz and the 3.6-3.8GHz bands. But re-farming existing spectrum to be used alongside newer services, where appropriate, is a fairly common practice as technologies evolve and can help to improve data speeds, as well as network coverage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Some of these bands may also still be used for older 2G and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a> services, but those will be retired over the next few years (2G will be the last to go, as it still has some key uses).<\/div>\n<p>Suffice to say, it was always expected that the older bands would eventually be tweaked to enable support for the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> services. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> appears to be going a step further by essentially making the bands&#8217; technology neutral, which could aid the future adoption of 6G services too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>What we are proposing \u2013 in brief<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In response to requests from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> and Telef\u00f3nica, we are proposing to make changes to some licences they hold. The changes would allow them to deploy new technologies, including 5G, and deliver the next generation of connectivity and services to their users. The changes we propose are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updating the technical conditions of licences held by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposed variations would amend the licences with updated parameters that reflect the latest technologies. We are also proposing to remove technology restrictions in the licences to make them technology neutral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Removing a restriction placed on Telef\u00f3nica\u2019s unpaired spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Telef\u00f3nica has requested that we remove a restriction on the 5 MHz block within its unpaired spectrum allocation adjacent to Vodafone\u2019s unpaired allocation. Vodafone has contacted us to confirm its agreement with the request. This would allow Telef\u00f3nica to use an unrestricted 20 MHz of spectrum compared with the 15 MHz currently available. To make this arrangement work, the two licensees need to synchronise transmissions and both of their licences will need to be varied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> added that they&#8217;re currently also &#8220;<em>minded to make similar changes available to the licences of other licensees operating in these bands, upon request<\/em>&#8220;, which is to be expected. None of this means to say that the operators will suddenly switch off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> services, since those will be the most popular ones for a long time to come, but it does give them more scope to make better use of the existing spectrum as time goes on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em><span id=\"page127R_mcid8\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Overall, we believe that consumers are likely to benefit from the proposed licence<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">variations because these changes will enable licensees to provide innovative mobile<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">services and to make a more efficient use of spectrum. Consumers may also benefit from<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">these services providing faster download speeds and improved coverage<\/span><\/span><\/em>,&#8221; said Ofcom. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-2\/vodafone-and-telefonica-request-to-update-technical-conditions-of-mobile-licences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consultation<\/a> is expected to run until <strong>1st July 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, have today proposed to update certain licences held by mobile operators Vodafone and O2 (VMO2) &#8211; including for the 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz and 2.6GHz bands. The move is designed to enable the deployment of newer technologies, such as ultrafast 5G broadband services, into the bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[62,61,406,60,32,36,96],"class_list":["post-31085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-3g","tag-4g","tag-5g","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-o2","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-vodafone"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ofcom UK to Let O2 and Vodafone Use Existing Bands for 5G - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, have today proposed to update certain licences held by mobile operators Vodafone and O2 (VMO2) - 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