SPECTRUM: Refarming, digitization, needed to offset looming shortage, says report

MONTREAL - Spectrum refarming is expected to free up an average of 300 MHz per region by 2016, according to a new report by Maravedis-Rethink. The report, The Digital Dividend and Refarming Policy: Comparative Study, examines the digital dividend (DD) and refarming concepts, technical issues, and policy and market implications. While the additional spectrum made available after refarming and digitization is an opportunity to increase worldwide access to telecom services and applications, the digital dividend, per se, is not the answer to the spectrum shortage that the telecom world will continue to face in the future, according to the report....