Olympics to create 'record' spectrum demand

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laresMon 23/01/12 21:24

"The London Olympic and Paralympic Games are likely to require up to 20,000 separate wireless frequency assignments, according to the communications regulator Ofcom.

The organisation says that is nearly double the amount of licences that it granted for the city over the course of last year. The body says that new broadcast technologies are helping drive demand. Ofcom plans to finalise its Spectrum Olympics Plan by early February. The regulator says it approved 12,505 applications in 2011.

It has already received 10,000 requests covering the seven-week period of the Games, but expects that number to rise thanks to the event being "the biggest media event in history"."

"Ofcom says it has been working on a plan to provide the required capacity since 2006. It involves borrowing spectrum from the Ministry of Defence and making use of spectrum freed up by the switch-off of analogue TV signals in the capital. London's analogue channels are due to be turned off on 18 April 2012 as part of the move to digital transmissions. The frequencies will later be auctioned off to provide 4G mobile services.

"The airwaves that are being freed up as we move from analogue to digital TV will provide useful capacity for wireless demand at the Games," an Ofcom spokesman told the BBC."

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The article doesn't specifically mention mobile 'phone capacity, but I bet Mobile Internet connects are really slowed down for the games.

markonseaMon 23/01/12 21:49

That'll be the fortnight for my trip to Weegieland then!

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