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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.8.1

LTE Spectrum Policy: Focused on the OECD 12 Countries  

Jun, Soo-Yeon (Economics & Management Research Laboratory, KT)
Jeong, In-Jun (Department of Business Administration, Daegu University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.8, 2014 , pp. 1-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, many of the mobile network operators or telcos are introducing the LTE service in order to effectively cope with an explosive increasing mobile traffics due to an expansion of the use of smart phones. The 1.8GHz, 2.6GHz, and 800MHz band classes are most widely used for LTE. In particular, the 1.8GHz band class is the most useful one in terms of the reusability of the existing (2G) network, global harmonization, bandwidth, eco-system of equipments and devices, and so on. In recent years, major countries in the world have allocated the 1.8GHz band spectrum in a wide bandwidth unit suitable for the upcoming LTE-Advanced service. This paper surveyed the 1.8GHz band spectrum allocation policies of the 12 OECD countries, including Republic of Korea. From the survey, we have found that they rebuilt or refarmed the existing holders' bands, recovered the public (i.e., military)-use bands, and allocated the bands in a wide bandwidth and in an equal or similar size.
Keywords
LTE; Spectrum Policy; 1.8GHz Band; OECD Countries;
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