Whitespace Spectrum

The Digital Dividend

Ben Ward love-hz.com@welovehz

“You don’t get a Nobel Prize for doing what you are told”

Joi Ito http://www.wired.com/business/2012/06/resiliency-risk-and-a-good-compass-how-to-survive-the-coming-chaos/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034362831@N01/477849343

UK

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UK

SPEC

TRU

MTVTV

WifiWifi

UHF SPECTRUM

400MHz

500MHz

600MHz

700MHz

800MHz

Analogue TVAnalogue TV

DTV & TV Whitespace

DTV & TV Whitespace

4G4G

WHAT IS A WHITESPACE?

PRE-SWITCHOVER POST-SWITCHOVER

DIVIDEND!DIVIDEND!

SHARE IT

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UHF SPECTRUM 2018?

400MHz

500MHz

600MHz

700MHz

800MHz

Analogue TVAnalogue TV

4G4G5G?5G?DTV &

TV WhitespaceDTV &

TV Whitespace

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“I would never do another radio spectrum auction. Think of how much GDP growth was generated by open spectrum WiFi”

-- Vint Cerf

WHAT WOULD VINT DO?

https://twitter.com/kevinmarks/status/309051916095197185

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

OCCUPY SPECTRUM

GUERILLA SENSOR NETWORKSGUERILLA SENSOR NETWORKS

COMMUNITY BROADBANDCOMMUNITY BROADBAND

INTERNET OF THINGSINTERNET OF THINGS

“SUPER-WIFI”“SUPER-WIFI”

NO SIMSNO SIMSEVENTSEVENTS

PERMISSIONLESS INNOVATION

PERMISSIONLESS INNOVATION

FIND A WHITESPACE NEAR YOUhttp://uk-whitespaces.spectrumbridge.com

WHAT DO YOU NEED?

Ben Wardlove-hz.com@welovehz