Strategic Policy Options on Spectrum Management for the Development of Mobile TV Market in Europe

Author

Ramos, Sergio ; Moral, Antolin ; Vergara, Arturo ; Pérez, Jorge

Author_Institution

Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to review and analyze the proposals made by the European commission on spectrum management under the eCommunications in order to present their implications for the development and adoption of Mobile TV in Europe, highlighting the importance of spectrum policy as enabler of future businesses around spectrum usage and multimedia services. The article examines the opportunities that the proposed changes offer to the industry, presenting the different business scenarios that could arise as a consequence of the regulatory framework review and its implication for mobile and multimedia services value chains and involved agents strategies.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; government policies; marketing; mobile television; European Commission; business models; business scenario; mobile TV market; mobile service; multimedia service; regulatory framework; spectrum management; spectrum policy; strategic policy; Application software; Business; Digital TV; Digital multimedia broadcasting; Digital video broadcasting; Europe; Mobile TV; Multimedia systems; Radio spectrum management; Standards development; Business models; mobile TV; regulation; spectrum; strategic policy design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit, 2007. 16th IST

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

963-8111-66-6

Electronic_ISBN

963-8111-66-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTMWC.2007.4299307

Filename

4299307