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700 Mhz Spectrum Usage

heavydawson

Does anyone know if any of the operators have started rolling out the 700/2300(TS1)/2600(TS1)Mhz spectrum? The spectrum license specified Feb 14th as their commencement date:

Duration of Licences

5. (1) The commencement date of a MBSA2 Liberalised Use Licence shall

be specified in the Licence and, in respect of spectrum rights of use for:

(a) 700 MHz Duplex Blocks shall be 14 February 2022 or such other

date as may be specified by the Commission;

(b) 2.1 GHz Band Blocks in Time Slice 1 shall be 16 October 2022;

shall be 14 February 2022 or such other date as may be specified

by the Commission;

(d) 2.1 GHz Band Blocks, 2.3 GHz Band Blocks and 2.6 GHz Band

Blocks in Time Slice 2 shall be 12 March 2027.

(2) A MBSA2 Liberalised Use Licence, unless it has been withdrawn or had

its duration reduced under Regulation 7, shall in any event expire:

(a) in the case of 700 MHz Duplex Blocks on 13 February 2042;

(b) in the case of 2.1 GHz Band Blocks, 2.3 GHz Band Blocks and

2.6 GHz Band Blocks in Time Slice 1 on 11 March 2027; and

2.6 GHz Band Blocks in Time Slice 2 on 13 February 2042.

(3) The commencement date and expiry date of a MBSA2 Spectrum Lease

Licence shall be set by the Commission and specified in the MBSA2 Spectrum

Lease Licence. A MBSA2 Spectrum Lease Licence to which these Regulations

apply shall in any event expire on or before 13 February 2042.

(4) The commencement date and expiry date of a MBSA2 Preparatory

Licence shall be set by the Commission and specified in the MBSA2 Preparatory

Licence.

(5) The commencement date and expiry date of a MBSA2 2.3 GHz Band

Transition Licence shall be set by the Commission and specified in the MBSA2

2.3 GHz Band Transition Licence.

Source:

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2021/si/264/made/en/pdf

Hoping the repeater manufacturers will accommodate the new frequencies in the coming 12-24 months.

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The Cush

Current 700 MHz temporary allocations

eir - 703–713 MHz / 758–768 MHz
Three - 713–723 MHz / 768–778 MHz
Vodafone - 723–733 MHz / 778–788 MHz

The Cush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118677165#Comment_118677165

This is the temporary Covid spectrum licences, at some point they will end. The auction will take place and the spectrum allocation will take place.

Three are allocated 2x10 MHz under the current temporary licences but will only be able to bid for 1x10 MHz slot due to the <1 GHz spectrum cap, one of the issues before the high court.

heavydawson

Looks like the "trials" are live in my area 👍

heavydawson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118675596#Comment_118675596

That's superb! Thanks @ED E

ED E

Band 28 right?

https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=272&MNC=5&type=LTE&latitude=53.34448814474007&longitude=-6.291264757824298&zoom=13.155375565698414&showTowers=true&showTowerLabels=true&clusterEnabled=true&tilesEnabled=true&showOrphans=false&showNoFrequencyOnly=false&showFrequencyOnly=false&showBandwidthOnly=false&DateFilterType=Last&showHex=false&bands=28&showVerifiedOnly=false&showUnverifiedOnly=false&showLTECAOnly=false&showENDCOnly=false&showBand=0&showSectorColours=false&mapType=roadmap

https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=272&MNC=3&type=LTE&latitude=53.335363510719475&longitude=-6.293256941146861&zoom=13.155375565698414&showTowers=true&showTowerLabels=true&clusterEnabled=true&tilesEnabled=true&showOrphans=false&showNoFrequencyOnly=false&showFrequencyOnly=false&showBandwidthOnly=false&DateFilterType=Last&showHex=false&bands=28&showVerifiedOnly=false&showUnverifiedOnly=false&showLTECAOnly=false&showENDCOnly=false&showBand=0&showSectorColours=false&mapType=roadmap

https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=272&MNC=1&type=LTE&latitude=53.32984085125403&longitude=-6.287091560749208&zoom=13.155375565698414&showTowers=true&showTowerLabels=true&clusterEnabled=true&tilesEnabled=true&showOrphans=false&showNoFrequencyOnly=false&showFrequencyOnly=false&showBandwidthOnly=false&DateFilterType=Last&showHex=false&bands=28&showVerifiedOnly=false&showUnverifiedOnly=false&showLTECAOnly=false&showENDCOnly=false&showBand=0&showSectorColours=false&mapType=roadmap

The Cush

Only the judgement is made available at some point after delivery.

heavydawson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118673260#Comment_118673260

Is this the best source of info?

https://www.csol.ie/ccms/web/high-court-search/case-details/2021/9/MCA

It's very sparse. Are the orders/submissions not publicly available?

The Cush

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118671677#Comment_118671677

Yep, high court case 2021/9/MCA

heavydawson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118671327#Comment_118671327

I was wondering what happened with that court case. The last news report I found on it was back in june

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/retail-and-services/three-claims-spectrum-decision-will-lead-to-serious-distortion-of-competition-1.4582317

. Where did you get the update from November? The courts service website?

The Cush

(a) 700 MHz Duplex Blocks shall be 14 February 2022 or such other

date as may be specified by the Commission;

The multiband auction hasn't taken place yet, still awaiting judgement from the High Court in the case taken by Three Ireland against Comreg in relation to certain aspects of their auction Decision.

Reserved Judgment was due to be delivered at the end of November but was adjourned, not sure why, but further submissions were lodged in November including the day prior to the listed delivery date, maybe the judge required further time to evaluate the submissions prior to delivery of the judgement. It was listed for last week but doesn't appear anything happened.

The 700 MHz band licences have a hard expiry date of 13th Feb 2042, any delays in carrying out the auction and awarding the licences means the MNOs will have a reduced duration.

In the mean time I believe the band is being used by the 3 MNOs on temporary (rolling) 3-month Covid 19 spectrum licences, the current ones expire April 1st.