Ofcom, communication regulator has come up with this proposal of change in the UK’s spectrum usage, which will result in the creation of new mobile broadband services. According to the telecommunications watchdog, a change in policy on spectrum usage, UK will witness new mobile broadband services.

Proposals published by Ofcom suggest that the country is aligning in its “digital dividend”, the provided free space on the spectrum and following the digital television switchover with other countries in Europe. Spectrum necessarily means the range of frequencies at which devices communicate; television gets a slice, mobile phones another, radios a third and so on.

UK is known as the first country to plan a dividend; it was in the year 2003. It decided to release two different bands including the 806 to 854 MHz. Wider block was planned to be released by Finland, France, Sweden and Switzerland and more will follow their tracks.

This made Ofcom propose UK to free the same frequency. Improved mobile broadband and cheaper equipment can be attained by doing so, cleared the organisation. At the same time, adoption of this method will need many of the digital terrestrial television viewers to re-tune their set-top boxes, which is a simple process, added Ofcom.

Ofcom is all set to release a statement on this September issue and is looking forward to auction off the dividend in 2010.

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