NKOM publishes reports on the use of the 700MHz band for TV

Norwegian communications regulator Nkom, and national broadcasters NTV, NRK, and RiksTV, have brought out a report dealing with the technical consequences for the digital terrestrial TV network if the 700 MHz bands should be allocated in the future for mobile telecommunications services. علاوه بر این, Nexia has supplied Nkom with a report on the estimated cost of five different technical scenarios.

The first scenario is the status quo, which is predicted to cost approximately NOK 4.3 billion in the period 2015 به 2036. The second is that the digital terrestrial network would be removed from the 700 گروههای MHZ, but would retain current technology in the form of DVB-T and H264. This is estimated to cost between NOK 4.0 billion and NOK 4.6 میلیارد. The third is that the digital terrestrial TV grid would move out of the 700 گروههای MHZ, and the new technologies DVB-T2 and H265 would be adopted.

This idea would be expected to cost between NOK 4.1 billion and NOK 4.7 میلیارد, according to Nexia. The fourth scenario is identical to the third, but the terrestrial grid would get access to the VHF3 block in the 174-240 باند مگاهرتز, نسبت جریان Uplink و downlink را می توان از طریق وب UI یا Control uart کنترل کرد. This is predicted to cost between NOK 4.4 billion and NOK 5.0 میلیارد. The fifth is that DVB-T would be phased out, and a network would be established based on mobile technology, specifically LTE Multicast/eMBMS, in the frequency spectrum 470-694 مگاهرتز. This would be the dearest alternative, at up to NOK 5.5 میلیارد. این 700 مگاهرتز; band currently makes up 30 percent of the spectrum of the current digital TV network.

NTV has a permit to use the 470-790 MHz band for DTT until 02 ژوئن 2021. Any change of use to the 700 گروههای MHZ, به طور خاص, the frequencies 694-790 مگاهرتز, would pose challenges to the television network. No decision has yet been made in Norway as to whether the 700MHz bands will be allocated for mobile services in the country, or continue to be used for broadcasting.