UK SPF Plenary round-up April 2022

Yesterday we held the UK Spectrum Policy Forum April Plenary Meeting. 

The event featured a presentation by the European Commission, as well as two sessions relating to key spectrum management and policy issues ahead of WRC-23: 6 GHz and UHF band

The Plenary took place on 28 April online and under Chatham House rule. The session was chaired and moderated by Luigi Ardito, Vice Chair UK SPF Steering Board and Qualcomm. 

Please find the presentations below:

Keynote presentation: European Commision

The keynote speech was delivered by Kyriakos Baxevanidis, Acting Head of Unit Radio Spectrum Policy Unit, European Commission. He gave an overview of recent spectrum developments in Brusels, including some considerations for the future EU's Radio Spectrum Policy Programme (RSPP). 

Session on 6 GHz: GSMA and Wi-Fi Alliance

Ross Bateson, Special Adviser, Government Affairs, GSMA & Alex Roytblat, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, WiFi Alliance gave their view point on the best future regulatory approach for the 6 GHz band. 

Session on UHF: GSA & EBU

Ulrich Rehfuess, Low Band global lead, GSA  and Elena Puigrefagut, Senior Project Manager, Technology & Innovation, European Broadcasting Union talked about the future of  of 470 - 694 MHz in Region 1 , which will be dicussed in the at WRC-23. 

Summary of the recent UK SPF workshop on THz spectrum

Simon Pike, Independent Consultant, provided an overview of what was said at UK SPF focused workshop on frequencies above 86 GHz.