The Channel 69, radio mic saga continues with this report published on the website for the department for culture, media and sport.

“Report from the Independent Spectrum Broker: findings and policy proposals

The Interim Digital Britain Report set out a Spectrum Modernisation Programme to address a range of key issues in the transition to next generation mobile services.

In February, the Government appointed an Independent Spectrum Broker to determine whether a series of market led spectrum trades between operators could be achieved to facilitate this objective. The Independent Spectrum Broker has concluded his discussions with industry, the regulator and government. He has now published his conclusions and his report and accompanying statement.”

I have not yet read the whole report (it’s 60 pages) but someone who has picked out the following paragraph from page 54;

“If PMSE users, who are geographically concentrated, could be cleared from Channel 69 by the second half of 2012 then a 2 x 10MHz block suitable for mobile communications would become available nationwide. However, this could impose some costs on PMSE users and were Government to consider such a move, compensation and assistance to users might provide
for a smoother transition.”

You can download the whole report as a PDF or word file below.

Report from the Independent Spectrum Broker: findings and policy proposals PDF (506kb)

Report from the Independent Spectrum Broker: findings and policy proposals MS Word (775kb)