However, the primary reason is that digital transmissions require much less of a guard band on either side, since they are not nearly as prone to RF interference from adjacent channels.
However, the location and size of digital dividend vary among countries due to the factors including geographical position and penetration of satellite/cable services.
As a result of the technological transition, a significant number of governments are now planning for or allocating their digital dividends.
Proposed utilization of the released spectrum includes: Analog television spectrum in the UHF bands is valuable to potential purchasers because of its ability to carry signals over long distances, penetrate buildings and carry large amounts of data.
Countries in global regions one and three, such as Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Asia and Australia use the spectrum range 790–960 MHz, which is one of the bands dedicated to the roll-out of international mobile telecommunications (IMT).
Mobile broadband could be used to serve people living in rural area and low income groups, such as farmers.
In the past, a profitable roll out of fixed line broadband infrastructure is not feasible because the necessary investments to cover the long distances are too high.
Those who do not agree, argued that this approach suffers from the trade-off between reach and speed significantly limit scalability of the network.
If the transmission demands grow at current rates, a wireless broadband access network covering large areas will be likely outdated before being deployed.
Besides the bidders of this chunk, the other reason drawing attention to this block was that Google convinced the FCC to load up with two open-access provisions: (i) the winner has to make the network open so any "safe" device can use it; (ii) they have to make their own networked devices open as well.
Therefore, the winner's wireless network has to be good enough to meet public safety specifications for coverage and redundancy.
Commercial traffic can also be carried over the public safety portion of the network as long as it is not being utilized.
The FCC will automatically reclaim "unserved portions of the license area" from companies that do not meet the build-out requirements.
Verizon Wireless's licenses mainly covered densely populated urban areas, while U.S. Cellular was focused on the ones for the Midwest, Northeast and Northwest.
EchoStar Corp, satellite television provider, picked up 168 of the total 176 E-Block licenses for more than $711 million.
[8] The remaining C-block licenses were won by a number of operators: The European Union has not yet worked out a specific plan on how to use the freed spectrum.
According to the visions of trans-European 4G mobile wireless, economists predict that it will bring €50 billion economic growth.
Second, member states shall use a standardized regulatory framework to ensure the use for the 790–862 MHz sub-band for electronic communications services throughout the EU (European Commission 2009).
This followed a consultation by Industry Canada on whether to abolish or at least scale back restrictions on foreign investment considered[by whom?]
[14][failed verification] In Australia an independent engineering consultancy firm, Kordia Pty Ltd, was commissioned by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy to identify issues and options for releasing spectrum after analog television is switched off.